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Appendix 5-B-2:
G20 Compliance on Climate Change and Energy

From Chapter 5: Climate Change Control through G7/8, G20 and UN Leadership, by John Kirton and Ella Kokotsis
In Accountability for Effectiveness in Global Governance
edited by John Kirton and Marina Larionova
available from Routledge, 2018

  Average Argentina Australia Brazil Canada China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan Korea Mexico Russia Saudi Arabia South Africa Turkey United Kingdom United States European Union
Climate Change (N=12)
2012-230 +1.00 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
2010T-58 +0.89 +1 +1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1   +1   +1 0 +1
2009P-85 +0.86   +1 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0   +1   +1 +1     +1 +1 +1  
2012-91 +0.70 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1
2010S-132 +0.47   +1 +1 +1 0 0 +1 +1 −1 −1 +1 0 +1 0   0   +1 +1 +1
2010T-56 +0.40 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 −1 −1 −1 0 0 +1 +1 +1
Top Average +0.72 +1.00 +1.00 +0.83 +0.83 +0.83 +0.67 +0.83 +1.00 0 +0.40 +0.83 +0.80 +0.67 +0.50 −0.33 +0.60 +0.50 +1.00 +0.83 +1.00
2010S-131 +0.25 −1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 0 0 +1 +1 0 −1 +1 0 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 +1
2014-79 +0.10 0 +1 −1 +1 0 +1 0 −1 0 −1 +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 0 −1 +1 0 +1
2012-94 +0.05 −1 +1 0 0 +1 0 +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 +1 0 −1 −1 0   0 0 0
2010T-57 −0.06   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0 0 0   −1   0 0 +1
2009L-84 −0.10 −1 0 −1 0 +1 0 0 −1 0 0 0 +1 0 −1 0 0 −1 0 0 +1
2013-188 −0.20 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 −1 +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 −1 0 −1 +1 0 −1
Bottom Average +0.01 −0.80 +0.33 −0.33 +0.17 +0.33 +0.33 +0.33 −0.33 +0.33 0 +0.17 +0.50 +0.17 −0.67 −0.80 −0.33 −1.00 +0.50 +0.17 +0.50
Climate Change Average +0.35 0 +0.67 +0.25 +0.50 +0.58 +0.50 +0.58 +0.33 +0.17 +0.18 +0.50 +0.64 +0.42 −0.08 −0.63 +0.09 −0.25 +0.75 +0.50 +0.73
Energy N=14
2011-242 +0.95 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1
2014-203 +0.90 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 +1 +1 +1 +1
2009P-84 +0.75 +1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 0 +1 +1 +1 0
2010S-135 +0.75 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1
2012-236 +0.63 0 +1 +1 0 +1 +1 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 +1 +1   +1 0 +1 0 +1
2012-96 +0.58 0 +1 +1 0 +1 +1 0 +1 0 0 0 +1 +1 +1 +1   0 +1 0 +1
2013-12 +0.55 0 −1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 0 0 +1 +1 0 0 +1 +1 +1 +1
Top Average +0.73 +0.43 +0.71 +0.86 +0.57 +1.00 +1.00 +0.71 +1.00 +0.43 +0.71 +0.57 +0.86 +1.00 +1.00 +0.33 +0.33 +0.43 +1.00 +0.71 +0.86
2009P-72 +0.45 0 0 0 0 0 +1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 0 0 0 +1 +1 0
2010T-60 +0.45 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 −1 −1 −1 0 0 +1 +1 +1
2009P-83 +0.44 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1   +1 0   +1 0 0 −1 −1 0 0 +1 +1 +1
2010S-127 +0.26 0 +1 +1 +1 −1 0 −1 0 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 −1 +1 0  
2011-252 +0.25 0 +1 +1 −1 +1 0 +1 +1 +1 0 −1 +1 +1 0 −1 0 0 +1 −1 0
2009P-18 +0.05 0 −1 0 −1 +1 +1 0 0 +1 −1 +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 +1   −1 +1 −1
2014-73 −0.45 −1 −1 0 −1 −1 +1 −1 0 0 −1 −1 0 0 −1 −1 −1 −1 0 +1 0
Bottom Average +0.21 +0.17 +0.50 +0.67 +0.17 +0.50 +0.50 +0.20 +0.50 +0.50 +0.40 +0.33 +0.83 +0.33 −0.33 −0.67 +0.33 −0.20 +0.67 +0.50 +0.20
Energy Average +0.47 +0.14 +0.50 +0.71 +0.21 +0.57 +0.86 +0.46 +0.57 +0.43 +0.46 +0.43 +0.79 +0.79 +0.36 −0.17 +0.36 +0.08 +0.79 +0.57 +0.38
Combined Average +0.41 +0.07 +0.59 +0.48 +0.36 +0.58 +0.68 +0.52 +0.45 +0.30 +0.32 +0.47 +0.72 +0.61 +0.14 −0.40 +0.23 −0.09 +0.77 +0.54 +0.56

Notes: P = Pittsburgh; L = London; T = Toronto; S = Seoul.

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