Australian Government's Initial Report under the Kyoto Protocol

Australian Government's Initial Report under the Kyoto Protocol
Date Released: 2008
Categories associated with this item are: Greenhouse accounting, International

Revised Initial Report submission (21 October 2008) (29 KB)

This report is a submission of the Australian Government to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to facilitate the calculation of the assigned amount pursuant to Article 3, paragraphs 7 and 8, and to demonstrate its capacity to account for its emissions and assigned amount for the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol.

Australia's National Inventory Report - 2005 Revised was published on 26 February 2008 and provides a full time series of greenhouse gas emission estimates for Australia for the period 1990 - 2005. This inventory has been used to determine the estimate of Australia's assigned amount and has been submitted for international expert review.

Australia's Initial Report under the Kyoto Protocol is also available from the UNFCCC website.