Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions

This article quantifies the net aggregate impact in 2030 of commitments by individual non-state and subnational actors (e.g. regions, cities and businesses, collectively referred to as ‘NSAs’) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The analysis was conducted for NSAs operating within ten major emitting economies that together accounted for roughly two-thirds of global GHG emissions in 2016.

Our assessment includes 79 regions (e.g. subnational states and provinces), approximately 6,000 cities, and nearly 1,600 companies with a net emissions coverage of 8.1 GtCO2e/year, or a quarter of the ten economies’ total GHG emissions in 2016. The analysis reflects a proposed methodology to aggregate commitments from different subnational (i.e. regional and city government) and non-state (i.e. business) actors, accounting for overlaps.

Authors

Other authors
Takeshi Kuramochi
Mark Roelfsema
Angel Hsu
Swithin Lui
Amy Weinfurter
Sander Chan
Thomas Hale
Andrew Clapper
Andres Chang
Niklas Hohne

Specifications

Publication title
Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions
Publication date
30 March 2020
Publication type
Article
Publication language
English
Magazine
Climate Policy
Issue
2020, 20, issue 3
Product number
4254