Kazakhstan
Rating
Assessment
Kazakhstan’s target to reduce emissions by -15% relative to 1992 by 2020 is rated Inadequate, even if below reference.
Description
Kazakhstan has proposed an amendment to Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol for the first commitment period which is 0% below 1992 emissions for (2008-2012). For 2020, Kazakhstan proposed to reduce emissions to 15% below 1992. Kazakhstan has also proposed a 2050 target of 25% based on 1992 levels.
Status
Official announcement
Date of pledge
October 2009
Source
UNFCCC (2010) Compilation of pledges for emission reductions and related assumptions provided by Parties to date the associated emission reductions, page 11-12. FCCC/KP/AWG/2010/INF.1
Kazakhstan's pledge to the Copenhagen Accord
Assumptions
Targets for 2020 were calculated from the most recent national inventory submissions (2011).
We have applied LULUCF accounting to Kazakhstan’s pledges. We calculated Kazakhstan’s LULUCF accounting quantities in 2020 for afforestation, reforestation and deforestation using the current Kyoto rules. Forest management was calculated also with current Kyoto rules, with the cap set at 3% of baseyear or 15% of forest management, whichever is lower.
