Accountable Climate Targets

Data source: Frida Boräng, Simon Felgendreher, Niklas Harring, and Åsa Löfgren

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Description:

Data used in the article:

Boräng, F., Felgendreher, S., Harring, N. and Löfgren, Å., 2019. Committing to the climate: a global study of accountable climate targets. Sustainability, 11(7), p.1861.

The authors assess and compare the accountability of climate targets as outlined in the nationally determined contributions (NDC) of the Paris Agreement.

Dataset type: Cross-section
Dataset level: Country

Citation:

When using this dataset, please cite as:
• Boräng, F., Felgendreher, S., Harring, N., & Löfgren, Å. (2019). Committing to the climate: A global study of accountable climate targets. Sustainability, 11(7), 1861. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11071861



Variables in this dataset:

Accountable Climate Target
QoG Code: act_act

A binary measure of whether a country has an accountable climate target (ACT) or not. An ACT is a precise emissions target for which other countries can hold a country - and only that country - accountable. A country has an ACT if it fulfills two criteria: 1) the country's nationally determined contribution (NDC) must state an economy-wide target in reference to emission levels from a past year, a target compared to the business-as-usual scenario, or a target in terms of the CO2 emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP); 2) the commitment must not be conditional upon receiving financial support from third parties. The measure is for 2015, at the time of the first NDCs.

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