Greenhouse Development Rights framework

The Greenhouse Development Rights (GDR) framework is a proposed climate regime architecture designed to balance emission reductions with the development needs of developing countries by defining national obligations based on responsibility and capacity relative to a 'development threshold'.

• The Greenhouse Development Rights (GDR) framework is designed as a burden-sharing architecture to ensure that global climate solutions do not compromise the right to development for developing countries, which require expanded energy services to meet human development aspirations.
• The GDR framework utilizes a 'development threshold' to identify and exempt individuals who are still working toward a decent standard of welfare from the costs and constraints associated with the climate crisis.
• The GDR approach is intended to inform the next phase of the global climate regime negotiated in Copenhagen, providing a basis for principle-based commitments for industrialized nations and a path toward a globally differentiated system.

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} }