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Greenhouse gas reductions in Germany and the UK - Coincidence or policy induced?

An analysis for international climate policy


Between 1990 and 2000 greenhouse gas emissions in Germany and the UK decreased by more than 18 % and about 12 %, respectively. Thus, Germany and the UK appear to be among the few industrialised countries which are on track to meet the emission reduction targets they have committed themselves to under the Kyoto Protocol and the subsequent European Union’s Burden Sharing Agreement. Accordingly, Germany has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 21 % from 1990  to 2008-12, and the UK by 12.5 %.

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Series
Climate Change | 01/2001
Number of pages
46
Year of publication
June 2001
Author(s)
Wolfgang Eichhammer, et. al.
Abstract
Kurzfassung
Language
English
Project No. (FKZ)
201 41 133
Publisher
Umweltbundesamt
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452 KB
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 greenhouse gas reduction  Germany  United Kingdom  climate policy  environmental policy  climate protection  environmental policy instrument  emissions reduction obligation

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