Annex I Parties

Annex I Parties refers to the industrialized countries which undertook to "return their greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000" under Article 4.2 (a) and (b) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. They also adopted emission reduction targets for the 2008-12 period under the Kyoto Protocol.

Annex I Parties are also referred to as 'Annex I countries' and more formally as 'Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change'.

Annex I Parties comprise the members of the OECD, the European Union, and 14 countries with 'economies in transition'.

List of Annex I Parties
The full list of Annex I Parties is below.

Those marked with ** are countries for which "there is a specific COP and/or CMP decision" relating to their targets.

The countries that have been bolded are those nations considered most likely to try and obstruct the negotiation of a strong and effective agreement at COP15. (See also Sources of Information for Building Profiles on Individual Countries Role in Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions and Help:Adding to Articles in the Climate Change Portal).


 * Australia - see also Australia and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Austria - see also Austria and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Belarus ** - see also Belarus and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Belgium - see also Belgium and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Bulgaria - see also Bulgaria and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Canada - see also Canada and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Croatia ** - see also Croatia and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Czech Republic ** - see also Czech Republic and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Denmark - see also Denmark and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Estonia - see also Estonia and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * European Community - see also European Community and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Finland - see also Finland and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * France - see also France and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Germany - see also Germany and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Greece - see also Greece and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Hungary - see also Hungary and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Iceland - see also Iceland and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Ireland - see also Ireland and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Italy ** - see also Italy and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Japan - see also Japan and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Latvia - see also Latvia and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Liechtenstein ** - see also Liechtenstein and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Lithuania - see also Lithuania and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Luxembourg - see also Luxembourg and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Monaco ** - see also Monaco and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Netherlands - see also Netherlands and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * New Zealand - see also New Zealand and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Norway - see also Norway and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Poland - see also Poland and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Portugal - see also Portugal and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Romania - see also Romania and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Russian Federation ** - see also Russian Federation and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Slovakia ** - see also Slovakia and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Slovenia ** - see also Slovenia and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Spain - see also Spain and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Sweden - see also Sweden and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Switzerland - see also Switzerland and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Turkey ** - see also Turkey and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * Ukraine ** - see also Ukraine and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - see also United Kingdom and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions;
 * United States of America - see also United States and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Accra Climate Change Talks 2008
 * Clean Development Mechanism
 * COP14
 * COP15
 * Emissions Trading
 * Joint Implementation
 * United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Accra Climate Change Talks 2008
 * Annex I Parties and Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on global climate change agreements
 * Clean Development Mechanism
 * COP14
 * COP15
 * Emissions Trading
 * Joint Implementation
 * Kyoto Protocol
 * United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

External articles

 * Jan Burck, Christoph Bals, Marisa Beck and Elisabeth Rüthlein, "Climate Change Performance Index 2008: A comparison of the 56 top CO2 emitting nations", Germanwatch, December 2007.