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UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Klimarahmenkonvention):
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) was signed in 1992 to deal with the impacts of
human activities on the global climate system. The agreement came
into force on 21 March 1994 and has been ratified by more than
150 countries of the world. It contains no legally binding targets
or timetables, but the general interpretation was that developed
countries should stabilise their greenhouse gas concentrations
at a safe level between 1990 and 2000.
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Kyoto-Protokoll
The Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC is a legally binding
protocol, under which industrialized countries will reduce their
collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2% relative to the
levels emitted in 1990. It would enter into force if 55 nations
have ratified it, provided that these ratifications include countries
that account for at least 55% of total carbon dioxide emissions
in 1990.
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Marrakesh Accords
Official UNFCCC document on the outcome of COP7
The final document is included in the official
report of COP7 and comes in 4 parts:
Part
1: includes the Marrakesh Ministerial Declaration, capacity
building, funding, sinks and single projects
Part
2: includes JI, CDM, Emissions trading and Accounting
for assigned amounts
Part
3: includes compliance and articles 5, 7 and 8
Part
4: includes LDC expert group, IPCC, Adaptation and National
Communications
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Documents of the EU
The
"Climate action and renewable energy package"
On 23 January 2008 the European Commission
put forward a far-reaching package committing to reduce its overall
emissions to at least 20% below 1990 levels by 2020. It has also
set itself the target of increasing the share of renewables in
energy use to 20% by 2020. The "Climate action and renewable
energy package" sets out the contribution expected from each
Member State to meeting these targets and proposes a series of
measures to help achieve them.
23.01.08, © EU
Adapting
to climate change in Europe options for EU action
Green Paper from the Commission to the Council,
the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee
and the Committee of the Regions.
© European Commission, 2007
Communication
"Limiting Global Climate Change to 2° Celsius: The way
ahead for 2020 and beyond
On 10 January 2007 the European Commission set
out proposals and options for keeping climate change to manageable
levels in its Communication "Limiting Global Climate Change
to 2° Celsius: The way ahead for 2020 and beyond."
© European Commission
European
Climate Change Programme (ECCP)
Linking
Directive
With the adoption of the EU's Linking Directive,
carbon credits from Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint
Implementation (JI) projects under the Kyoto Protocol will be
able to be imported for use in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
(EU ETS).
EU
Emission Trading Directive
Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for
greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community
ETS
Review
Responding to Article 30 of the ETS Directive
the Commission has submitted a report to the European Parliament
and the Council considering the functioning of the EU Emissions
Trading Scheme (ETS)
COM(2006)676
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GREEN
PAPER. A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure
Energy
©> European Comission, 2006
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Documents of Austria
Nationaler
Zuteilungsplan fur Osterreich
gemäß § 11 Emissionszertifikategesetz fur
die Periode 2008-2012
Jänner 2007, © Lebensministerium
Die österreichische Klimastrategie
2002
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Nationaler Klimabericht 2001
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01.11.2008
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