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International negotiations: Prescription of annual decrease by x% points of national emissions

3 Pros:
•    Annual progress is easy to perceive
•    Trend is easy to grasp
•    Decrease rates can be correlated with success of policies & measures


3 Cons:
•    Achieved historic progress aggravates a country’s future targets
•    Relative decrease values have no link to scientific limit values
•    An emitter’s situation remains not respected: industrial structure etc.

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