"I see a very significant risk that we will increase emissions for several decades to come".
But unlike any other developed country, Australia committed to increase emissions at Kyoto.
Canada, alone, of developed countries, is expecting to increase emissions for 30 years and ignore its commitments to Kyoto.
Another factor likely to increase emissions is the decision by some governments to abandon nuclear energy, following the Fukushima disaster.
It requires that industrial plants install modern pollution controls when they undergo major renovations that increase emissions.
Initially a perturbation of our economic flows is likely to increase emissions because the loss will need to be compensated.
But if the Bonn proposals are adopted, they could increase emissions by between 4% and 8% above 1990 levels.
But the IPCC report says scientific debate about whether biofuels cut emissions "remains unresolved" and that without policy safeguards "large scale bioenergy deployment could increase emissions".
Officials from 27 states said the administration's changes would increase emissions, while officials from 5 states said it would cut them.
The New Source Review program, as you noted, requires industrial facilities to install new pollution controls when they upgrade their facilities in ways that significantly increase emissions.
Analysts like Reputex say the very lenient baselines proposed will allow big emitters such as brown coal-fired power stations to significantly increase emissions.
