As the Kyoto Protocol limps along without the participation of the US and Australia, on-going climate negotiations are plagued by competing national and business interests that are creating stumbling blocks to success. This book asks how these persistent obstacles can be down-scaled, approaching them from five professional perspectives: a top policy-maker, a senior negotiator,...
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Billets marqués ‘ climate change negotiations ’
Climate change negotiations. A guide to resolving disputes and facilitating multilateral cooperation
The critical decade: Global action building on climate change
The report presents an overview of progress in international action on climate change since August 2012, with a particular focus on China and the US
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A critical decade for climate policy: tools and initiatives to track our progress
This WRI's working paper presents a landscape assessment of independent efforts to track the adoption, implementation, and impact of climate change policies around the world...
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The Durban platform : issues and options for a 2015 agremeent
This paper written by D. Bodansky begins broadly by considering the elements critical to the effectiveness of an international agreement. It then analyzes the key variables in the design of a climate agreement, how these are reflected in the UNFCCC’s evolution to date, and the specific parameters framing the negotiations going forward. Finally, it...
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The emissions gap report : Are the Copenhagen accord pledges sucient to limit global warming to 2° C or 1.5° C?
Rapport sur l’écart entre les besoins et les perspectives en matière de réduction d’émissions. Les engagements pris dans le cadre de l’Accord de Copenhague sont-ils suffisants pour limiter le réchauffement de la planète à 2° C ou 1,5° C?
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Incorporating cities into the post-2012 climate change agreements
This paper examines the legal, political, technical, economic and financial implications of fitting commitments by cities into the post-2012 climate change agreement.
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Strengthening global climate change negotiations
This Nordic Council of Ministers working paper addresses the state-of-play in the UNFCCC negotiations. It identifies some of the main problems and develops concrete proposals to enhance the effectiveness of the climate regime...
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In preparation for Doha: defining “legal instrument”…
This FIELD paper considers some issues at the centre of the negotiations in preparation for the eighteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the...
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The UNFCCC after Durban
In this FIELD working paper, the authors analyse the Durban outcome and calls for a new approach to climate multilateralism
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Taking stock of Durban
This UNDP report analyzes what was achieved at COP 17 in Durban in December 2011 and what needs to be done for the road ahead
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The climate threat we can beat
For too long, climate diplomacy has focused on carbon dioxide. But at least 40 percent of global warming can be blamed on shorter-lived pollutants, which also cause disease and damage crops in developing states. Reining in pollution would thus accomplish two goals, while finally getting countries such as China and India into the climate-change...
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Durban climate talks: A small tectonic shift
L'article de Thomas Spencer (IFRI) analyse les principaux résultats des négociations sur le climat lors de la 17e conférence des parties (COP17) à Durban du 28 novembre au 11 décembre 2011
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2°C: the history of a policy-science nexus
Un working paper de l'IDDRI consacré à l'émergence puis l'avènement du concept de « 2°C » comme objectif de limite de l'augmentation des températures d'ici 2100 dans les négociations internationales.
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