History:

Croatia

Page last updated: 30th November 2012

Rating

Assessment

Croatia's commitment is -5% relative to 1990 emission levels by 2020. The calculated reduction is rated Inadequate.

Description

Croatia's Kyoto Protocol (2008-2012) target is -5% relative to base year (1990) and is equal to their proposal for 2020.
Croatia’s inscription in Appendix 1 to the Copenhagen Accord states that its target is temporary, pending accession to the European Union, whereupon Croatia’s target would be “… replaced by arrangement in line with and part of the European Union mitigation effort.” (see the EU27 page for further information)

In May 2012, Croatia submitted a provisional QELRO level range of 80 for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, aligning itself with Denmark and the European Commission. This means that Croatia’s average yearly emissions during the period of 2013-2020 are proposed to be 80% of 1990 levels.

Status

Under consultation

Date of pledge
October 2009

Source

Croatia (2012) Information by Parties included in Annex I listed in annex 1 to decision 1/CMP.7 on their quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives for the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol

Croatia (2012) Submission to the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP): Information by Parties included in Annex I listed in annex 1 to decision 1/CMP.7 on their quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives for the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, 30 April 2012

Croatia (2011) Submission to the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP): Forest management reference level

Croatia's pledge to the Copenhagen Accord

Croatia (2009) Joint submission by Australia, Belarus, Canada, Croatia, the European Community and its Member States, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Ukraine Information relating to possible quantified emissions limitation and reduction objectives as submitted by Parties, Submission to the AWG-LCA and AWG-KP, 9 October 2009.

UNFCCC (2009) Report of the Review of the Initial report of Croatia

Assumptions

Targets for 2020 were calculated from the most recent national inventory submissions (2012).
We calculated Croatia's LULUCF accounting quantities for 2020 for afforestation, reforestation and deforestation using the current Kyoto rules and for forest management using a net-net approach with a reference level based on 1990 levels.