Christian Aid and Trocaire will launch new research quantifying what a fair share of climate action would look like for Ireland. The event, titled Climate Change Obligations: Ireland’s fair share under the greenhouse development rights framework, will be held on 24th March in Buswell’s Hotel, Dublin at 11am.
Tom Athanasiou, from the US-based EcoEquity will present findings of new research commissioned by Christian Aid and Trocaire that outlines what the Greenhouse Development Rights Framework (GDRs) means for Ireland’s climate change obligations. GDRs is a burden-sharing framework based on responsibility and capacity. Critically, GDRs defines both responsibility and capacity in terms of a development threshold – a threshold below which individuals are not required to bear the costs of addressing the climate problem, and are instead allowed simply to prioritise development. The GDRs approach defines and quantifies the burdens appropriate to the world’s comparatively wealthy population, those living above this development threshold – both in the developing countries and industrialised countries.
Within the international climate regime, this implies that those of us above the development threshold must bear a strict, legally binding, two-fold obligation. First, we must commit to deep reductions in our own domestic emissions. Second, we must support (through finance and technology) a rapid clean energy transition in the developing world and the adaptation necessary to minimise greenhouse-related damages and suffering.
Christian Aid Ireland and Trocaire invite you to find out and discuss what this means for Ireland. Space is limited, so please RSVP to Ciara Kirrane: Tel: 6549122 Email: [email protected]