Good morning or afternoon GEP-Ed folks, I consider this an extremely important perspective and important piece of research. The engaged method of including civil society organizations from around the world in determining an "equity band" is itself worth attention. And as we argued in the Klinsky et al. 2016 GEC piece, including substantive and procedural equity in climate solutions is more likely to inspire ambitious and enduring effort.
Best to all, Timmons ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Christian Holz <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 10:47 AM Subject: [Article] "Fairly sharing 1.5: national fair shares of a 1.5 °C-compliant global mitigation effort" To: [email protected] Hi all, This is to announce a new article from the Climate Equity Reference Project: Holz, Christian, Kartha, Sivan & Athanasiou, Tom. "Fairly sharing 1.5: national fair shares of a 1.5 °C-compliant global mitigation effort" Int Environ Agreements (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-017-9371-z *Abstract:* The problem of fairly distributing the global mitigation effort is particularly important for the 1.5 °C temperature limitation objective, due to its rapidly depleting global carbon budget. Here, we present methodology and results of the first study examining national mitigation pledges presented at the 2015 Paris climate summit, relative to equity benchmarks and 1.5 °C-compliant global mitigation. Uniquely, pertinent ethical choices were made via deliberative processes of civil society organizations, resulting in an agreed range of effort-sharing parameters. Based on this, we quantified each country’s range of fair shares of 1.5 °C-compliant mitigation, using the Climate Equity Reference Project’s allocation framework. Contrasting this with national 2025/2030 mitigation pledges reveals a large global mitigation gap, within which wealthier countries’ mitigation pledges fall far short, while poorer countries’ pledges, collectively, meet their fair share. We also present results for individual countries (e.g. China exceeding; India meeting; EU, USA, Japan, and Brazil falling short). We outline ethical considerations and choices arising when deliberating fair effort sharing and discuss the importance of separating this choice making from the scholarly work of quantitative “equity modelling” itself. Second, we elaborate our approach for quantifying countries’ fair shares of a global mitigation effort, the Climate Equity Reference Framework. Third, we present and discuss the results of this analysis with emphasis on the role of mitigation support. In concluding, we identify twofold obligations for all countries in a justice-centred implementation of 1.5 °C-compliant mitigation: (1) unsupported domestic reductions and (2) engagement in deep international mitigation cooperation, through provision of international financial and other support, or through undertaking additional supported mitigation activities. Consequently, an equitable pathway to 1.5 °C can only be imagined with such large-scale international cooperation and support; otherwise, 1.5 °C-compliant mitigation will remain out of reach, impose undue suffering on the world’s poorest, or both. If you don't have access to the article through your institution, you can access it through Springer ShareIt, but access via the doi is preferred if you can: http://rdcu.be/u8C3 <http://em.rdcu.be/wf/click?upn=KP7O1RED-2BlD0F9LDqGVeSBc6ej5wTtApanCxfNgo74U-3D_v0LOk0miJkebAhqdZKx8RRHrS3Lyg42b2T-2FK6S2thgdbAiB-2B52ok7uZU23afMYNalob8T4EsYacBOyx2flnzNjKP5x7qCeO2X4qNKPW7OHup7ZsgXmsSvBThnyDwckjtu1LIDLaod33B5c8QN4Iv-2FKmT5NcMVsHUHMJchoAFuSPywwFavm7IDuElIqPTaFZBafTnOta37Ms90wN1S5MOOagoae3Uh6HDa47pBUqCr7-2Br24mhNgaF2y6pNKcs-2FRjvTXlUH5DZfNDlMr89T11JUy6R97wSIaoEmglknNMXjVo-3D> You are subscribed to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, visit: https://LISTS.ASU.EDU/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CLIM_EQ&A=1 -- Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology Director, the Climate and Development Lab www.climatedevlab.brown.edu Brown University https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jr17 Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/experts/robertst -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
