Options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage

The issue

After the failure of the UNFCCC Copenhagen Climate Summit, to prepare for the Cancun COP in 2010, the European Commission revisited the analysis of the implications of the different levels of ambitions (20% and 30% targets) and assesses the risk of carbon leakage. It published a communication "Analysis of options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage".

 

Contribution of the EC4MACS project

The EC4MACS model toolbox provided quantitative technical analyses for the Communication, which has been incorporated into the Staff Working Documents that accompany the Communication:

• Analysis of options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage: Part I [81 KB] - Part II [700 KB]

EC4MACS results on non-CO2 emissions are documented in this report:

• Potentials and costs for mitigation of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union until 2030 - update 2010 [246 KB]