While most Parties envisaged QELROs taking the form of a percentage change of emissions from the base year similar to the QELROs for the first commitment period, one Party made a proposal to express the QELROs in Gg CO2 eq and to subsequently present them as a reduction in emissions from 1990, 2000, 2005 and 2007 levels, expressed as a percentage.
While most Parties envisaged QELROs taking the form of a percentage change of emissions from the base year similar to the QELROs for the first commitment period, one Party made a proposal to express the QELROs in Gg CO2 eq and to subsequently present them as a reduction in emissions from 1990, 2000, 2005 and 2007 levels, expressed as a percentage.