Distributing the Dutch Reduction Targets

Abstract

AbstractAllocating the carbon budget is a fundamental issue of distributive justice in global climate policy. At the national level, the carbon budget is often translated into sectoral reduction targets. In this chapter, we ask how the reduction targets should be distributed amongst the industrial, electricity, agriculture and land use, mobility, and built environment sectors. From a perspective of distributive justice, we ask which sectors need to reduce the most carbon emissions if we are to achieve the national targets?