National schedules
30. Each Party shall (Least Developed Countries at their discretion):
(a) Maintain a national schedule
(b) Meet and/or implement the nationally appropriate mitigation commitments and/or actions registered in its national schedule;
(c) Measure and report on the outcomes of these commitments and/or actions.
31. Each Party would be required to register in its national schedule:
(a) A national emissions pathway to 2050;
(b) Quantifiable nationally appropriate mitigation commitments and/or actions for the agreed commitment period.
32. The required content for PartiesÂ’ national schedules is as follows:
(a) A brief description of each commitment or action;
(b) Whether it is to be taken on an economy-wide basis, or, if not, the sector in which the commitment or action is to be taken;
(c) The baseline or reference case against which the commitment or action shall be
measured, reported and verified;
(d) An estimate of the emissions limitation or reduction outcomes expected from the
commitment or action or an aggregation of commitments and/or actions;
(e) Whether the commitment or action is to be taken unilaterally and/or is enabled by
previously agreed financial, technology and/or capacity-building support.
33. Examples of possible commitments and actions include:
(a) Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments in economy-wide or sectoral
terms;
(b) Quantified emission limitation or reduction actions on an economy-wide or sectoral
basis;
(c) Emissions intensity commitments or actions;
(d) Clean energy commitments or actions;
(e) Energy efficiency commitments or actions;
(f) Emissions thresholds aimed at protecting and enhancing sinks and reservoirs;
(g) Other actions aimed at achieving quantified emission limitation or reduction outcomes.
34. The minimum expectations with regard to the commitments and actions that Parties would
register in their national schedules would be:
(a) For all developed country Parties, an economy-wide quantified emission limitation or
reduction commitment;
(b) For developing country Parties whose national circumstances reflect greater
responsibility or capability, nationally appropriate mitigation commitments and/or actions
aimed at achieving substantial deviation from baselines.
35. The registration of mitigation commitments and actions in national schedules would provide recognition of all PartiesÂ’ contributions to the global effort to combat climate change.
36. National schedules will be negotiated in parallel to the Agreement. Draft schedules will be publicly available as early as possible with the aim of enhancing the transparency of the process of negotiation.
37. National schedules shall be annexed (in Annex A) to this Agreement and shall form an integral part thereof.
