Greenhouse Development Rights framework

The Greenhouse Development Rights (GDR) framework proposes a climate regime that defines national obligations based on responsibility and capacity, using a 'development threshold' to protect the welfare of individuals in developing nations while pursuing ambitious global emission reductions.

• The GDR framework is designed as a burden-sharing system that determines national obligations based on a country's responsibility for climate change and its capacity to address it, utilizing a 'development threshold' to ensure those seeking a decent standard of welfare are not burdened by the costs of the climate crisis.
• The framework aims to resolve the tension between the need for vast emission reductions in the developing world and the fact that expanded energy services for human development have historically increased carbon emissions.
• The GDR approach is presented as a basis for principle-based commitments for industrialized countries and a path toward a globally differentiated system within the global climate regime.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2010). Greenhouse Development Rights framework. https://www.sei.org/publications/greenhouse-development-rights-framework/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Greenhouse Development Rights framework. 2010. https://www.sei.org/publications/greenhouse-development-rights-framework/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Greenhouse Development Rights framework |date=8 January 2010 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/greenhouse-development-rights-framework/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2010greenhouse, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Greenhouse Development Rights framework}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2010}, month = jan, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/greenhouse-development-rights-framework/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }