"Differences in income levels means that different countries have very different views on what is a fair allocation of emissions and abatement requirements" says Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Gothenburg, and one of the researchers participating in a side event at COP15 on Saturday, December 12, on climate goals 2030.
Global mitigation efforts are currently focused on 2020 targets, which are indispensable to push countries to implement ambitious green house gas policies. Now, this EU side event, “Getting Serious about 2030 Targets", will focus on the tension arising from this need and longer-term incentives for massive investment, and explores possible solutions. It deals with issues concerning emission targets for the intermediate to long run, focusing on 2030.
Thomas Sterner will discuss the different perspectives that rich and poor countries have on the development of emissions and abatement obligations in different time perspectives.
Other invited spekaers are scientists from Stockholm Environment Institute and Swedish Environmental Institute (IVL), as well as Sweden's Climate Change Ambassador, Svante Bodin.