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The climate policy maps are created from a database which contains selected socio-economic, energy and climate policy information for a choice of countries. The countries include major groups such as G-20, BRICS and the European Union. This choice of countries is due to their impact on climate change. The Group of Twenty (G-20) together represent around 90 per cent of global gross national product and 80 per cent of world trade (including EU intra-trade).BRICS and Mexico are so called emerging economies with considerable increase in energy consumption.
Here is a detailed list of the countries and data currently included in the database:
Countries included in the database
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.
Data included in the database
Socio-economic Data: Population, Population growth, , Population by age group, Change in population by age group, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross Domestic Product growth, Gross Domestic Product per capita, Gross value added by sector.
Climate Policy Instruments: Renewable energy targets, Renewable energy subsidies, CO2 tax, Gasoline tax, Diesel tax, Energy efficiency standards, Automotive fuel-efficiency standards, Total energy R&D funding, R&D funding by energy source, Patent applications for climate tech-nologies, Share in total climate inventions.
Kyoto Protocol: Kyoto ratification, Kyoto target, Joint Implementation, Clean Development Mechanism, Emissions trading, Certified Emission Reduction.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse gas emissions**, Greenhouse
gas emissions (with LULUCF), Greenhouse gas emissions** per capita, Greenhouse gas
emissions** per GDP, Change in greenhouse gas emissions**, Greenhouse gas emissions**
by sector, CO2 emissions**, Change in CO2 emissions**, CO2
emissions** per capita, CO2 emissions** per GDP.
** does not include Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)
Energy Supply: Total primary energy supply, Change in total primary energy supply, Total primary energy supply per capita, Primary energy supply by source, Primary renewable energy supply, Change in primary renewable energy supply, Efficiency of electricity production from fossil fuels in public electricity and CHP plants, Energy productivity, Coal use for electricity generation.
Biomass Fuel Production: Biogas production, Solid biomass production, Liquid biomass production, Biogasoline production, Biodiesel production, Change in biomass fuel production.
The Fact Sheets summarize climate policy information regarding a country or a specific issue. They are based on the data of the underlying database of this website and aim at displaying selected sets of data in a concise way.
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Under legal basis links will guide you directly to the information service of the International Energy Agency (IEA). The IEA provides comprehensive information on national policies and measures in the three categories Climate Change, Renewable Energies, and Energy Efficiency
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Technical terms used on this website are explained in a glossary.
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