Getting specific on the 2015 climate change agreement
suggestions for the legal text with an explanatory memorandum
Étiqueté : climate agreement
Policy options could increase ambition in the 2015 climate agreement
this brief proposes that the parties to the UNFCCC should unbundle the thorny issue of economy-wide targets and establish a process where they can identify and, on a voluntary basis, implement policy options…
Post-2020 climate agreements in the major economies assessed in the light of global models
This paper reviews scenario results from model intercomparison projects to explore different possible outcomes of post-2020 climate negotiations, recently announced pledges and their relation to the 2 °C target…
Energy and climate targets for 2030
The European Union has decided its energy and climate goals for 2030, becoming the first major player in the international climate negotiations to make a commitment in advance of next year’s United Nations climate conference in Paris.
Paris Climate Agreement 2015 – EU needs to ensure ‘signal’ and ‘direction’
An IES Policy Brief about the role of the European Union in the UNFCCC negotiations towards the Paris climate summit, in December 2015
EPRG Policy Brief on EU 2030 energy and climate proposals
by David Reiner, David Newbery, Michael Pollitt, Robert Ritz, Chi Kong Chyong and Arjun Mahalingam
The 2015 Climate Agreement: What’s in it for the EU?
The European Union, together with other countries, is making a second effort to reach a comprehensive global climate change agreement in Paris in 2015, after the unsuccessful attempt to do so in Copenhagen in 2009. In a Europe still preoccupied with recovery from the economic crisis, why should the EU be tempted to offer leadership in the field of climate change and what would such an agreement bring – in short, what’s in it for the EU?…
Governance and equity in EU climate policy
“This two-part paper, firstly, looks at the evolution and improvement of the assessment of National Allocation Plans, developed by EU Member States under the EU Emissions Trading system, in the period, 2005-2012. Secondly the paper focuses on the development of EU 2020 climate targets and in particular how the 2020 policy framework includes provisions, which can be regarded as a form of “equity” between richer and poor EU Member States”. (© MAPS)
Alternative models for the 2015 climate change agreement
In a new article for the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Daniel Bodansky and Elliot Diringer explore alternative models for a 2015 climate change agreement that can balance national flexibility and international discipline to achieve both broad participation and ambitious commitments.
What adaptation chapter in the New Climate Agreement?
This Iddri’s paper intends to propose an overall structure for integrating adaptation into the 2015 agreement, with the aim to foster discussion and guide further definition of the different elements of this overall framework…
Expectations for a new climate agreement
Based on the assumption that the architecture of the agreement will likely involve voluntary pledges and ex-post review (akin to the Copenhagen Accord), the domestic policies and measures expected to underlie national negotiating positions are described…
Toward a new climate agreement. Conflict, resolution and governance
This book examines the challenges of sustaining meaningful cooperation among countries striving to manage global climate change through international environmental agreements. Through the perspectives of leading international scholars from multiple disciplines, readers of the book will gain an understanding of how agreements are negotiated, the strength and weaknesses of previous climate agreements and how a more effective future climate agreement can be designed…
