The triptych approach

Allocation method based on a sector-based approach.

In the "European bubble" (UNFCCC), the reduction objective has been split up among:

For the two first sectors, the effort has been allocated to the Member States on the basis of a technical benchmark (energy efficiency), while for the last sector it has been done according to a certain amount of emission allowances per capita.

According to Sijm et al.(Options for post-2012 EU burden sharing and EU ETS allocation, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, March 2007), the triptych approach takes into account country specific characteristics but does not necessarily result in equal relative costs for all Member States.

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