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Climate and Aid: the G8 starting line
The numbers country by country.
di Staff
As the non profit world gears up for the G8 starting tomorrow, July 8, two of the main concerns on the civil society agendas, aid to development and global warming, have been documented in two reports by leading charities.
The first report, the DATA report 2009, “monitoring the G8 promise to Africa”, published by ONE charity last month, lists G8 countries’ detailed account of the extent to which they have respected 2004 Gleneagles targets to “make poverty history”.
The second report, the WWF/Allianz G8 Climate scorecards produce a detailed account and ranking of G8 countries action and reaction as to climate change. Here are a few of the main figures produced by both so that you can get an idea as to where each country lies.
Clear winners in the form of Germany and the United Kingdom, both leading on the climate field, and both on track to completing Gleneagles promises, which were set by both countries unprecedented-ly high.
The losers? Canada and the United States for climate and Italy and France for aid to development.
United Kingdom
Aid to development ONE report: IN PROGRESS TARGET NOT REACHED
Percentage of increases promised by 2010 so far achieved: 28%
2010 target (in American dollars): $7.088 billion
2004 baseline ODA (Official Development Assistance): $2.862 billion
2008 ODA (Official Development Assistance): $4.023 billion
WWF/Allianz ranking on climate action position: 2
Emissions per capita (tCO2 eq./cap): 11
Distance to Kyoto target: -5.2%
United States
Aid to development ONE report: ON TRACK TARGET NOT REACHED
Percentage of increases promised by 2010 so far achieved: 70%
2010 target (in American dollars): $8.8 billion
2004 baseline ODA (Official Development Assistance): $4.4 billion
2008 ODA (Official Development Assistance): $7.75 billion
WWF/Allianz ranking on climate action position: 7
Emissions per capita (tCO2 eq./cap): 25
Distance to Kyoto target: +23.8%
France
Aid to development ONE report: OFF TRACK TARGET NOT REACHED
Percentage of increases promised by 2010 so far achieved: 7%
2010 target (in American dollars): $8.398 billion
2004 baseline ODA (Official Development Assistance): $3.192 billion
2008 ODA (Official Development Assistance): $3.542 billion
WWF/Allianz ranking on climate action: 3
Emissions per capita (tCO2 eq./cap): 11
Distance to Kyoto target: -5.3%
Germany
Aid to development ONE report: IN PROGRESS TARGET NOT REACHED
Percentage of increases promised by 2010 so far achieved: 31%
2010 target (in American dollars): $6.529 billion
2004 baseline ODA (Official Development Assistance): $2.712 billion
2008 ODA (Official Development Assistance): $3.897 billion
WWF/Allianz ranking on climate action: 1
Emissions per capita (tCO2 eq./cap): 12
Distance to Kyoto target: -0.6%
Canada
Aid to development ONE report: TARGET REACHED AND SURPASSED
Percentage of increases promised by 2010 so far achieved: 206%
2010 target (in American dollars): $1.5 billion
2004 baseline ODA (Official Development Assistance): $750 million
2008 ODA (Official Development Assistance): $1.911 billion
WWF/Allianz ranking on climate action: position 8
Emissions per capita (tCO2 eq./cap): 24
Distance to Kyoto target: +32.2%
Russia
Aid to development ONE report: NO PROMISE GIVEN
WWF/Allianz ranking on climate action position: 5
Emissions per capita (tCO2 eq./cap): 16
Distance to Kyoto target: -33.8%
Japan
Aid to development ONE report: TARGET REACHED AND SURPASSED
Percentage of increases promised by 2010 so far achieved: 150%
2010 target (in American dollars): $1.004 billion
2004 baseline ODA (Official Development Assistance): $477 million
2008 ODA (Official Development Assistance): $1.266 billion
WWF/Allianz ranking on climate action position: 5
Emissions per capita (tCO2 eq./cap): 12
Distance to Kyoto target: +15.1%
Italy
Aid to development ONE report: OFF TRACK TARGET NOT REACHED
Percentage of increases promised by 2010 so far achieved: 3%
2010 target (in American dollars): $5.089 billion
2004 baseline ODA (Official Development Assistance): $1.457 billion
2008 ODA (Official Development Assistance): $1.571 billion
WWF/Allianz ranking on climate action position: 4
Emissions per capita (tCO2 eq./cap): 9
Distance to Kyoto target: +13.6%
Read full Vita Europe article on the WWF/Allianz ranking
Read Vita Europe article “Development Aid in Africa: a system fuelling inequality”
