Bulgaria country study address climate change mitigation
- ENERGOPROEKT, Sofia (Bulgaria)
The Bulgaria Country Study to address climate change is a research project that incorporates three major elements: inventory of greenhouse gases (GHG), assessment of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and mitigation analysis. The mitigation analysis is the central part of the study. Based on the assumptions of the socioeconomic development of the country up to the year 2020, it allows identification of policies and measures that may lead to the stabilization of GHG emissions, as required by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). Bulgaria signed the FCCC in 1992, ratified it in 1995, and is now undertaking measures related to its implementation. At present Bulgaria is in the process of transition from a centrally planned economy to a market driven economy. This process is characterized by basic economic structural changes, freeing of prices (with only energy prices still controlled by the government), a drastic drop in GDP by 27% in 1992 compared to 1988, and reduction of energy consumption by 44% in 1992 compared to 1988. The analysis of the mitigation measures and their impact on the future development of economy and on the energy sector is a very complicated task. This paper will focus on the choice of methodology, some basic assumptions, and results of the study to date. 9 refs., 13 figs.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 283279
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Management, Vol. 20, Issue Suppl.1; Other Information: PBD: 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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