Developing CBDR-RC indices for fair allocation of emission reduction responsibilities and capabilities across countries^†

^†The views, findings and conclusions expressed in this article are entirely those of the author and do not represent the views of the institution he is affiliated with.

Figures & data

Table 1. CBDR and RC indicators

CBDR	Responsibility	GHG emissions
		Per capita GHG emissions
		Consumption-based per capita CO2 emissions
		Sectoral per capita emissions
		Cumulative emissions since 1850 and 1990
		Change of per capita emissions
		Change of GHG emissions per GDP
		GHG emissions per GDP
RC	Economic	GDP
		Gross savings
		Per capita GDP
	Social	Literacy rate
		Unemployment rate
		Income inequality
		Poverty rate
		Secondary school enrollment
		Number of hospital beds
	Technical	High technological export
		Research and development expenditure
		Renewable energy
		Patent numbers

Table 2. The principal components for CBDR index

Principal components	Eigenvalues	γ
1	2.912	0.503
2	1.764	0.305
3	1.111	0.192

Table 3. CBDR index scores and country groups

Rank	Country	CBDR index	Group
1	USA	2.447	A
2	Australia	1.501	B
3	Canada	1.098	B
4	Russia	0.887	B
5	Saudi Arabia	0.865	B
6	China	0.818	B
7	Estonia	0.548	C
8	New Zealand	0.535	C
9	South Korea	0.426	C
10	Finland	0.405	C
11	Israel	0.348	C
12	Ireland	0.222	C
13	South Afr.	0.165	C
14	Germany	0.162	C
15	Czech Rep	0.147	C
16	Belgium	0.142	C
17	Malaysia	0.104	C
18	Japan	0.066	C
19	Netherlands	0.052	C
20	Singapore	0.039	C
21	Greece	0.031	C
22	Argentina	0.013	C
23	UK	−0.054	D
24	Norway	−0.085	D
25	Denmark	−0.088	D
26	Poland	−0.132	D
27	Austria	−0.138	D
28	Slovenia	−0.163	D
29	Italy	−0.197	D
30	Portugal	−0.225	D
31	Iceland	−0.229	D
32	Bulgaria	−0.230	D
33	France	−0.269	D
34	Mexico	−0.280	D
35	Spain	−0.289	D
36	Slovakia	−0.375	E
37	Malta	−0.389	E
38	Lithuania	−0.437	E
39	Hungary	−0.466	E
40	Brazil	−0.474	E
41	Turkey	−0.485	E
42	Switzerland	−0.505	E
43	Romania	−0.556	E
44	Thailand	−0.572	E
45	Sweden	−0.580	E
46	Latvia	−0.621	E
47	India	−0.708	E
48	Chile	−0.719	E
49	Indonesia	−0.723	E
50	Philippines	−1.035	E

Figure 1. The world map based on CBDR index.

Table 4. The principal component for RC index

Principal component	Eigenvalues	γ
1	3.591	0.442
2	2.192	0.267
3	1.320	0.163
4	1.018	0.125

Table 5. RC index scores and country groups

Rank	Country	RC index	Group
1	Singapore	1.296	A
2	Japan	1.100	A
3	South Korea	1.005	A
4	Norway	0.794	A
5	Australia	0.748	A
6	Switzerland	0.612	B
7	Finland	0.569	B
8	Iceland	0.543	B
9	Sweden	0.532	B
10	Austria	0.499	B
11	USA	0.490	B
12	Netherlands	0.461	B
13	Germany	0.446	B
14	New Zealand	0.380	B
15	Denmark	0.353	B
16	Canada	0.351	B
17	France	0.350	B
18	Israel	0.220	C
19	Belgium	0.184	C
20	China	0.162	C
21	Ireland	0.127	C
22	Malaysia	0.079	C
23	UK	0.076	C
24	Czech Rep	0.053	C
25	Malta	0.047	C
26	Slovenia	−0.004	C
27	Russia	−0.029	C
28	Hungary	−0.085	C
29	Estonia	−0.151	D
30	Italy	−0.174	D
31	Thailand	−0.213	D
32	Poland	−0.278	D
33	Lithuania	−0.293	D
34	Romania	−0.360	D
35	Latvia	−0.374	D
36	Philippines	−0.401	D
37	Saudi Arabia	−0.417	D
38	Slovakia	−0.453	D
39	Portugal	−0.495	D
40	Spain	−0.498	D
41	Indonesia	−0.510	D
42	Chile	−0.514	D
43	Brazil	−0.534	D
44	Argentina	−0.602	D
45	Bulgaria	−0.629	E
46	Turkey	−0.693	E
47	Greece	−0.747	E
48	Mexico	−0.826	E
49	India	−0.989	E
50	South Afr.	−1.207	E

Figure 2. The world map based on RC index.

Figure 3. CBDR index vs. RC index.