What is a fair emissions budget for Belgium

The report evaluates three approaches to determining Belgium's fair share of the global carbon budget. Under a 'grandfathering' approach based on 2020 emissions, Belgium would need a 61.0% reduction by 2030. A population-based distribution would require an 81.5% reduction by 2030. However, the report concludes that when accounting for historical responsibility and capability, Belgium has already used its fair share of carbon space and would need to reach emissions below zero by 2030 to be unambiguously fair.

• Depending on the allocation method, Belgium's 2030 emissions reduction targets vary: a 'grandfathering' approach based on 2020 emissions requires a 61.0% reduction below 1990 levels, while a population-based distribution requires an 81.5% reduction.
• Belgium has already exhausted its fair share of the global carbon space; to provide an unambiguously fair contribution considering its capabilities and historical responsibility, it would need to achieve negative emissions by 2030.
• The carbon budget approaches suggest Belgium would reach zero CO2 emissions by 2040 (grandfathering) or 2032 (population-based), both of which are significantly earlier than Belgium's current 2050 target for climate neutrality.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2023). What is a fair emissions budget for Belgium. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/what-is-a-fair-emissions-budget-for-belgium

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. What is a fair emissions budget for Belgium. 2023. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/what-is-a-fair-emissions-budget-for-belgium.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2023what, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{What is a fair emissions budget for Belgium}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/what-is-a-fair-emissions-budget-for-belgium}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }