Log of Scoreboard Changes
A record of any changes to the "blue line" of confirmed proposals in the Climate Scoreboard, as well as any other significant changes to proposals.
4 Feb 10
Following the January 31 deadline for submission of proposals to UNFCCC for inclusion in the Copenhagen Accord we have reanalyzed the long term impacts of current confirmed proposals to include a new commitment from Israel (20% below BAU by 2020) and a slight change in the commitment of Canada (to 17% below 2005 levels by 2020). In addition we moved proposals from China (increase forest cover by 40 million hectares by 2020) and Indonesia (reduce emissions to 26% below BAU by 2020) from the potential to the 'confirmed' category. While there are some small changes in the resulting C-ROADS output, the Climate Scoreboard remains unchanged at 3.9°C.
15 Dec 09
On Monday 14, December, Russia announced an increase in the range of its reduction targets for 2020. Previously the target was 20-25% below 1990 levels. It has now increased to 20 -30% below 1990 levels. Because the lower end of the range does not change, this announcement doesn't change the Climate Scoreboard; the change in the upper end of the range will change the potential proposals estimate when we next recalculate the Scoreboard Science and Data estimates.
14 Dec 09
On Friday, 11 December, Mexico announced a conditional proposal to reduce emissions by 2020 to 30% below its reference scenario. As a conditional pledge this change does not impact the Climate Scoreboard.
13 Dec 09
On 11 Dec 09, Japan announced that its previous proposal for emissions reductions was conditional on significant reductions by all major emitters. While we still include Japan's proposals in our assessment of "potential" proposals, we don't include conditional proposals in the climate scoreboard. For more details see the Climate Interactive Blog. The Scoreboard moves up to 3.9°C (7.0°F).
7 Dec 09
South Africa announces plans to reduce emissions 34 percent by 2020 and by around 42 percent by 2025 relative to a reference scenario (or 'business as usual'), conditional on pledges by developed countries. As a conditional pledge this will have a small impact on the potential proposals tracked in the Scoreboard Science and Data section, the Scoreboard, which reports confirmed proposals, remains unchanged at 3.8°F (6.8°F).
1 Dec 09
India announces plans to voluntarily reduce its carbon intensity by 20-25%. The Scoreboard continues to model India according to their previous proposal to limit per capita emissions to those of the developed world as this is a deeper emissions reduction. Scoreboard unchanged at 3.8°F (6.8°F).
29 Nov 09
The Climate Scoreboard is released, estimating temperature increase in 2100 at 3.8°C (6.8°F) relative to pre-industrial temperatures.
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