Paris Agreement:Paris Agreement • July 18th, 2016
Contract Type FiledJuly 18th, 2016Asian countries still rely on fossil fuels, the clear articulation in their NDCs to either undertake absolute emission reductions from business-as-usual levels (e.g. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Tajikistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam), reduce emission intensity of growth (e.g. People’s Republic of China [PRC], India, and Malaysia), increase the share of renewable energy in the energy mix (e.g. PRC, India, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Papua New Guinea), or improve forest cover (e.g. Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Sri Lanka) are indicative of their resolve to bend their national emissions curves in the right direction.