But the agreement sets no timetable for stemming the increase in carbon dioxide emissions after 2012.
Japan's policy for cutting carbon emissions after 2012, for example, was based on the position of the Keizai Doyukai.
Yet the country now has no strategy to cut fossil fuel emissions, after Tony Abbott's government scrapped carbon pricing.
Land use changes represent the second biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions after fossil fuel combustion, the study says.
The US, China, and the European Union have already come forward with pledges for cutting greenhouse gas emissions after 2020.
2015: PARIS - More than 190 governments meet in the French capital to finish what's envisioned as a landmark deal to rein in greenhouse gas emissions after 2020.
That would allow the airlines to compensate for any increase in emissions after 2020 by purchasing carbon permits from various other carbon reduction projects.
Their mission is to negotiate a new deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions after 2020 – a deal on which the earth's future may depend.
WEEKEND, PAGE E35 Emissions Pact in Disarray New York and other states scrambled to salvage a landmark regional pact on power plant emissions after two states dropped out.
In Paris, governments intend to sign up to a new global agreement binding all countries to limiting their carbon emissions after 2020, when current commitments end.
Originally, the aim was to agree a successor to the 1997 Kyoto protocol, the only binding international agreement on emissions, after its current provisions expire in 2012.
