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| DOI | 10.1016/j.accre.2022.06.004 |
| Climate pledges versus commitment: Are policy actions of Middle-East and North African countries consistent with their emissions targets? | |
| Abudu H.; Wesseh P.K.; Jr.; Lin B. | |
| 发表日期 | 2022 |
| ISSN | 1674-9278 |
| 起始页码 | 612 |
| 结束页码 | 621 |
| 卷号 | 13期号:4 |
| 英文摘要 | Carbon emission is inevitable, and changes with energy consumption and economic development, presents policy options toward sustainable development path. Currently, there is little assurance from policymakers in committing to climate change pledges: taking the Middle-East and North African (MENA) region as a specific case with using 2019 as a cut-off period. We conducted an interim assessment of the Paris Agreement to ascertain whether climate actions are in tandem with emissions reduction targets. Making use of difference-in-difference technique as a quasi-experiment supported by fixed-effects and placebo treatment models, the results point to evidence of less than 1% effective CO2 emissions reduction as of 2019 compared to the 2015 level. The current carbon emissions reduction commitment level is far-reaching contrary to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) pledged (16.43% on average by 2030 compared to the 2015 level). The analysis suggests that achieving NDCs commitments are currently major burden on policymakers since the economic development is highly linked with nonrenewable energy consumption. Furthermore, a more comprehensive framework when accounting for all available renewable and clean energy projects shows reduction levels in the range of 30%–40% from 2020 to 2030. These results suggest that the Paris Agreement in MENA countries may be more effective from 2020, thus underscore the importance of capturing ongoing projects (involving renewable and clean energy technologies) into interim policy assessment. The shared implication is that greater efforts are demanded from the region and at country levels to further decrease emissions through the use of negative emissions technologies particularly in the electricity generation sector. © 2022 The Authors |
| 英文关键词 | Carbon efficiency; Carbon emissions reduction potential; Climate change policy quasi-experiment; MENA climate change performance; Paris Agreement |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 来源期刊 | Advances in Climate Change Research
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/262049 |
| 作者单位 | School of Management, China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy, Collaborative Innovation Center for Energy Economics and Energy Policy, Xiamen University, Fujian, 361005, China; Belt and Road Research Institute, Xiamen University, Fujian, 361005, China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Abudu H.； Wesseh P.K.； Jr.； Lin B.. Climate pledges versus commitment: Are policy actions of Middle-East and North African countries consistent with their emissions targets?[J],2022,13(4). |
| APA | Abudu H.； Wesseh P.K.； Jr.； Lin B..(2022).Climate pledges versus commitment: Are policy actions of Middle-East and North African countries consistent with their emissions targets?.Advances in Climate Change Research,13(4). |
| MLA | Abudu H.； Wesseh P.K.； Jr.； Lin B.."Climate pledges versus commitment: Are policy actions of Middle-East and North African countries consistent with their emissions targets?".Advances in Climate Change Research 13.4(2022). |
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