Annex B countries

The 39 emissions-capped industrialised countries and Economies In Transition (EIT) listed in Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol :

• Australia,
• Bulgaria,
• Canada,
• Croatia,
• Czech Republic,
• Estonia,
• EU-15,
• Hungary,
• Iceland,
• Japan,
• Latvia,
• Liechtenstein,
• Lithuania,
• Monaco,
• New Zealand,
• Norway,
• Poland,
• Romania,
• Russian Federation,
• Slovakia,
• Slovenia,
• Switzerland,
• Ukraine,
• US (Kyoto not ratified)

Annex B countries only account for one-third of global GHG emissions. The risk of a carbon leakage in the current Kyoto Protocol framework is therefore rather high.

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