Publications
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Pathways for Meeting India’s Climate Goals
by Apurba Mitra, Katherine Ross, Juan-Carlos Altamirano, Taryn Fransen, Puneet Chitkara, Manpreet Singh, Suruchi Sawhney, Sandip Keswani, Sarishtha Majumdar and Priyanka Batra - December 2017This paper analyzes India’s climate change mitigation goals to enhance understanding, evaluate implementation progress, and identify opportunities for enhancing ambition.
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Enhancing NDCs by 2020: Achieving the Goals of the Paris Agreement
by Taryn Fransen, Eliza Northrop, Kathleen Mogelgaard and Kelly Levin - November 2017This paper outlines a menu of options for enhancing NDCs by 2020 pursuant to the Paris Agreement. The menu includes options for enhancing the level of mitigation ambition of the NDC, elaborating or updating the adaptation content of an NDC, adding measures or actions to strengthening implementation and improving the clarity, transparency and understanding of the NDC.
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How Can Indonesia Achieve Its Climate Change Mitigation Goal? An Analysis of Potential Emissions Reductions from Energy and Land-Use Policies
by Arief Wijaya, Hanny Chrysolite, Mengpin Ge, Clorinda Kurnia Wibowo, Almo Pradana, Andhyta Firselly Utami and Kemen Austin - October 2017This working paper identifies key national mitigation policies and quantifies their emissions abatement potential to allow Indonesia to select a strategy to deliver on its climate commitment. The analysis focuses on the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the land-use and energy sectors, which account for over 80 percent of Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Early Insights on Long-term Climate Strategies
by Katherine Ross and Taryn Fransen - September 2017This paper sheds light on the initial long-term strategies that have been submitted to the UNFCCC and identifies key considerations for countries that are preparing to develop such strategies.
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A Tool for Designing a Policy Package to Achieve Indonesia’s Climate Targets
Summary of Methods and Data used in the Indonesia Energy Policy Simulator
by Hanny Chrysolite and Jeffrey Rissman - August 2017 -
Translating Targets into Numbers: Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Targets of the G20 Countries
by Katherine Ross, David Rich and Mengpin Ge - December 2016This working paper analyzes the varied greenhouse gas reduction targets of the G20 countries, including China, the United States, India, the European Union, and Brazil, to name a few. It translates countries’ targets into a common metric of absolute emissions levels in 2020, 2025, and 2030 and presents them visually to increase the clarity of countries’ proposed emissions limits.
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Achieving Mexico’s Climate Goals: An Eight Point Action Plan
by Juan-Carlos Altamirano, Katherine Ross, Taryn Fransen, Julia Martínez, Erika Ortiz Sánchez, Jeffrey Rissman and Carlos Brown Solá - November 2016 -
Interpreting INDCs: Assessing Transparency of Post-2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets for 8 Top-Emitting Economies
by Thomas Damassa, Taryn Fransen, Mengpin Ge, Krisztina Pjeczka, Katherine Ross and Barbara Haya - December 2015In advance of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Parties put forward their post-2020 climate action plans.
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