http://www.globaldashboard.org/2008/10/19/global-deal-the-developing-country-ask/ Global risks and how to respond to them, edited by Alex Evans and David Steven Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.globaldashboard.org/2008/10/19/global-deal-the-developing-country-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-3509 Richard King Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:18:11 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=2503#comment-3509 The most persuasive solution I’ve seen is the Greenhouse Development Rights framework (www.ecoequity.org/GDRs). This recognises the right to development, based upon a development threshold for each individual in the world, below which they are not required to help shoulder the burden of solving the climate problem. The GDRs framework establishes the necessary global emissions reduction pathway and then develops countries’ future emissions trajectories based on responsibility for historical emissions and their capacity to fund future mitigation measures. Responsibility and capacity are both defined with respect to the development threshold for individuals so as to account for inequalities of income and emissions within any given country. It is up to individual countries to determine how the funds for national obligations will be raised, though in principle, those living below the development threshold should not have to pay. The most persuasive solution I’ve seen is the Greenhouse Development Rights framework (www.ecoequity.org/GDRs). This recognises the right to development, based upon a development threshold for each individual in the world, below which they are not required to help shoulder the burden of solving the climate problem. The GDRs framework establishes the necessary global emissions reduction pathway and then develops countries’ future emissions trajectories based on responsibility for historical emissions and their capacity to fund future mitigation measures. Responsibility and capacity are both defined with respect to the development threshold for individuals so as to account for inequalities of income and emissions within any given country. It is up to individual countries to determine how the funds for national obligations will be raised, though in principle, those living below the development threshold should not have to pay.

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