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Volume 8, Issue 10 (Suppl)
J Earth Sci Clim Change, an open access
ISSN: 2157-7617
Climate Change 2017
October 19-21, 2017
CLIMATE CHANGE
October 19-21, 2017 | Rome, Italy
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th
World Conference on
J Earth Sci Clim Change 2017, 8:10(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617-C1-037
Decomposition analysis of factors influencing emissions and their impact on mitigation targets
Kashmira Pawaskar
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
T
he historic Paris agreement was based on the strong commitment of 196 member countries to mitigate emissions. These
human induced emissions are on rise due various reasons including electricity production, transportation, manufacturing
and production of goods and services, and agriculture. Hence, a deeper understanding of the driving forces pertaining to energy
related CO
2
emissions is very important in formulating future mitigation policies. This paper aims at identifying these factors
that have influenced the changes in the level of CO
2
emissions over last two decades. By means of decomposition method, the
observed changes are analysed in terms of four factors affecting the emissions - energy intensity, structural changes, emission
intensity and economic activities. One of the popular Index Decomposition Analysis (IDA) method Log Mean Divisia Index
(LMDI) is used, to decompose factors of emission, due to its theoretical foundation, adaptability, ease of use and results
interpretation with zero residual. The paper aims to study major economic sectors of four highest CO
2
emitting developed
countries (U.S, Japan, Germany and Canada) as well as four highest CO
2
emitting developing countries (China, India, Russia,
South Korea). The analysis is to be based on empirical data ranging from 1990-2014, which will decompose emissions based on
sectoral (industry, services and agriculture) trends. It will further develop an understanding of how these changes in drivers,
influencing emissions, will impact the mitigation targets committed by countries in their respective INDCs.
kashmiraa.pawaskar@gmail.com