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1 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Beyond Kyoto Equity and Climate: In Principle and Practice Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change by John Ashton and Xueman Wang

2 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Outline  Equity and Climate Change  Five Dimensions of Equity  Equity in Practice  Equity Conditions for a new Agreement  Mitigation Options

3 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ InterestsEquity Equity, Interests and Effort Potential for agreement EquityInterests

4 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity Dimensions Five Dimensions of Equity: What about future generations? Responsibility Entitlements Capacity Basic Needs Comparable Effort

5 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity in Practice (1) Domains of choice:  Emissions  Consequences of Climate Change  Resource Transfers  The Process

6 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity In Practice (2) Emissions Responsibility - H istorical - Current/Future Entitlements - Contraction and Convergence Comparable Effort - Competitiveness Per capita emissions as a metric

7 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity in Practice (3) Consequences of Climate Change - responsibility - capacity - basic needs Resource Transfers - finance for development Process - transparency - capacity to participate

8 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Consequences of Climate Change Resource Transfers Process Equity in Practice (4) More Help adapting to climate change low carbon sustainable development engaging with the process

9 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Equity in Practice (5) This means: ­ no unique, objective way to reconcile competing equity claims and fix tradeoffs ­ outcome must stand up in all five equity dimensions, and in each domain of choice So leave room for politics

10 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Conditions for an Equitable Outcome Mitigation US participation Leadership by industrialized countries Some developing countries constrain emissions Assistance Help with climate impacts Other kinds of help

11 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Mitigation Options The case for variable geometry Fixed targets Relative targets Safety valve No lose targets Graduation threshold Consumption adjustments Sectoral targets 

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13 ++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ For more information www.pewclimate.org


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