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No. 2015/02 | 01 May 2015 |
Strategic Review: Implications of Proposals to Date for Mitigation Contributions
Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) produced a negotiating text in February 2015, which forms the basis for negotiations toward a climate change agreement scheduled for adoption at the 21st Conference of the Parties in... |
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No. 2015/01 | 01 May 2015 |
The role of the 2015 agreement in enhancing adaptation to climate change
Adaptation responses are needed to address the existing levels of climate variability and to prepare for future climate impacts. There is wide agreement that adaptation is an important issue and would benefit from being enhanced through more... |
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No. 2014/07 | 01 Nov 2014 |
The Role of the 2015 Agreement in Mobilising Climate Finance
Shifting public and private investment from “brown” to “green” is an essential part of climate change. The post-2020 climate agreement to be agreed at COP 21 in December 2015 has the potential to play a significant role in signalling the importance... |
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No. 2014/06 | 01 Nov 2014 |
Planting the Foundations of a Post-2020 Land Sector Reporting and Accounting Framework
Land management faces a series of daunting challenges in the 21st century. These include contributing to the global mitigation effort and adaptation needed to prevent dangerous climate change, while providing enough food for a population of 9 billion... |
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No. 2014/05 | 01 Nov 2014 |
Energy Sector Transformation
A key element in the success of limiting mean global surface temperature rise to below 2°C will be transformation of the energy sector globally. In addition to implementing already-available options for more efficient use of energy and low-emissions... |
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No. 2014/04 | 01 May 2014 |
Taking Stock of the UNFCCC Process and its Inter-linkages
Governments are currently negotiating the elements of a new climate change agreement to be adopted at the forthcoming COP 21 conference in Paris in 2015. The aim of this paper is to take stock of existing UNFCCC institutions and arrangements and the... |
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No. 2014/03 | 01 May 2014 |
Built to Last
The aim of this paper is to explore what a flexible and durable 2015 climate change agreement could look like and propose pragmatic options for the design of such an agreement. A durable 2015 climate change agreement would continue to be ambitious,... |
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No. 2014/02 | 01 May 2014 |
GHG or not GHG
It is likely that a diverse range of nationally-determined mitigation contributions will be communicated by Parties under the 2015 climate change agreement. An effective post-2020 accounting framework to understand and track implementation of these... |
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No. 2014/01 | 01 May 2014 |
Scaling up and replicating effective climate finance interventions
There is widespread recognition that climate finance needs to be scaled up from its current levels. However, there is no clear view on how developed countries can efficiently and effectively mobilise further climate finance to meet the needs of... |
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No. 2013/04 | 01 Oct 2013 |
Exploring Climate Finance Effectiveness
Ensuring that climate finance is used effectively will help to maximise its impact. The effectiveness of climate finance can be defined as the extent to which an activity attains its stated aims. These aims can vary, depending on the source of... |
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No. 2013/03 | 01 Oct 2013 |
Establishing and Understanding Post-2020 Climate Change Mitigation Commitments
A new international climate change agreement that will have legal force and be applicable to all countries is being negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The agreement is to be adopted by... |
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No. 2013/02 | 01 May 2013 |
Comparing Definitions and Methods to Estimate Mobilised Climate Finance
At the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) in 2010, developed countries formalised a collective climate finance commitment made previously in Copenhagen of “mobilising jointly USD 100 billion per year by 2020 to address the needs of developing... |
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No. 2013/01 | 20 Dec 2013 |
Made to Measure: Options for Emissions Accounting under the UNFCCC
Mitigation pledges put forward by countries under the UNFCCC process are "made to measure" in that they are tailored to fit each country's individual circumstances. However, the pledges also need to be made to be measured so that we have a full... |
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No. 2012/04 | 01 Nov 2012 |
Projecting Emissions Baselines for National Climate Policy
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions baselines are reference emissions levels. This paper focuses on projected forward-looking baselines that can be used both to inform national climate policy and to set goals that are defined relative to a... |
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No. 2012/03 | 01 Nov 2012 |
Making Markets: Unpacking Design and Governance of Carbon Market Mechanisms
Carbon market mechanisms such as emissions trading systems and crediting mechanisms can have multiple objectives. A key goal is to lower the cost of achieving greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. Market mechanisms can also catalyse investment... |
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No. 2012/02 | 01 May 2012 |
Crossing the Threshold: Ambitious Baselines for the UNFCCC New Market-Based Mechanism
At COP 17 in Durban, countries defined a new market-based mechanism to promote cost-effective mitigation actions, guided by a set of principles previously agreed at COP 16. These principles include “stimulating mitigation across broad segments of the... |
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No. 2012/01 | 01 May 2012 |
Tracking Climate Finance
Developed countries have committed under the international negotiations to jointly mobilising USD 100 billion per year by 2020 for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. Yet consistent and comprehensive data to track this... |
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No. 2011/05 | 01 Nov 2011 |
Tracking and Trading: Expanding on Options for International Greenhouse Gas Unit Accounting after 2012
The use of tradable greenhouse gas (GHG) units to meet emissions reduction goals is likely to continue after 2012 as many countries have expressed support for using market mechanisms to promote and enhance the cost-effectiveness of mitigation. Most... |
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No. 2011/04 | 01 Nov 2011 |
Design Options for International Assessment and Review (IAR) and International Consultations and Analysis (ICA)
In 2010, the international community took steps to improve the system of reporting and verification under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Parties to the UNFCCC decided at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of... |
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No. 2011/03 | 01 May 2011 |
Monitoring and Tracking Long-Term Finance to Support Climate Action
The Cancún Agreements formalise a collective commitment by developed countries to provide new and additional funding for action on climate change in developing countries both in the short- and longer-term. This collective financial commitment... |
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Strategic Review: Implications of Proposals to Date for Mitigation Contributions
Sara Moarif
01 May 2015
Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) produced a negotiating text in February 2015, which forms the basis for negotiations toward a climate change agreement scheduled for adoption at the 21st Conference of the Parties in...
The role of the 2015 agreement in enhancing adaptation to climate change
Jennifer Helgeson and Jane Ellis
01 May 2015
Adaptation responses are needed to address the existing levels of climate variability and to prepare for future climate impacts. There is wide agreement that adaptation is an important issue and would benefit from being enhanced through more...
The Role of the 2015 Agreement in Mobilising Climate Finance
Takayoshi Kato, Jane Ellis and Christa Clapp
01 Nov 2014
Shifting public and private investment from “brown” to “green” is an essential part of climate change. The post-2020 climate agreement to be agreed at COP 21 in December 2015 has the potential to play a significant role in signalling the importance...
Planting the Foundations of a Post-2020 Land Sector Reporting and Accounting Framework
Gregory Briner and Susanne Konrad
01 Nov 2014
Land management faces a series of daunting challenges in the 21st century. These include contributing to the global mitigation effort and adaptation needed to prevent dangerous climate change, while providing enough food for a population of 9 billion...
Energy Sector Transformation
Christina Hood and Gregory Briner
01 Nov 2014
A key element in the success of limiting mean global surface temperature rise to below 2°C will be transformation of the energy sector globally. In addition to implementing already-available options for more efficient use of energy and low-emissions...
Taking Stock of the UNFCCC Process and its Inter-linkages
Gregory Briner, Takayoshi Kato, Susanne Konrad and Christina Hood
01 May 2014
Governments are currently negotiating the elements of a new climate change agreement to be adopted at the forthcoming COP 21 conference in Paris in 2015. The aim of this paper is to take stock of existing UNFCCC institutions and arrangements and the...
Built to Last
Gregory Briner, Takayoshi Kato and Takashi Hattori
01 May 2014
The aim of this paper is to explore what a flexible and durable 2015 climate change agreement could look like and propose pragmatic options for the design of such an agreement. A durable 2015 climate change agreement would continue to be ambitious,...
GHG or not GHG
Christina Hood, Gregory Briner and Marcelo Rocha
01 May 2014
It is likely that a diverse range of nationally-determined mitigation contributions will be communicated by Parties under the 2015 climate change agreement. An effective post-2020 accounting framework to understand and track implementation of these...
Scaling up and replicating effective climate finance interventions
Takayoshi Kato, Jane Ellis, Pieter Pauw and Randy Caruso
01 May 2014
There is widespread recognition that climate finance needs to be scaled up from its current levels. However, there is no clear view on how developed countries can efficiently and effectively mobilise further climate finance to meet the needs of...
Exploring Climate Finance Effectiveness
Jane Ellis, Randy Caruso and Stephanie Ockenden
01 Oct 2013
Ensuring that climate finance is used effectively will help to maximise its impact. The effectiveness of climate finance can be defined as the extent to which an activity attains its stated aims. These aims can vary, depending on the source of...
Establishing and Understanding Post-2020 Climate Change Mitigation Commitments
Gregory Briner and Andrew Prag
01 Oct 2013
A new international climate change agreement that will have legal force and be applicable to all countries is being negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The agreement is to be adopted by...
Comparing Definitions and Methods to Estimate Mobilised Climate Finance
Randy Caruso and Jane Ellis
01 May 2013
At the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) in 2010, developed countries formalised a collective climate finance commitment made previously in Copenhagen of “mobilising jointly USD 100 billion per year by 2020 to address the needs of developing...
Made to Measure: Options for Emissions Accounting under the UNFCCC
Andrew Prag, Christina Hood and Pedro Martins Barata
20 Dec 2013
Mitigation pledges put forward by countries under the UNFCCC process are "made to measure" in that they are tailored to fit each country's individual circumstances. However, the pledges also need to be made to be measured so that we have a full...
Projecting Emissions Baselines for National Climate Policy
Christa Clapp and Andrew Prag
01 Nov 2012
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions baselines are reference emissions levels. This paper focuses on projected forward-looking baselines that can be used both to inform national climate policy and to set goals that are defined relative to a...
Making Markets: Unpacking Design and Governance of Carbon Market Mechanisms
Andrew Prag, Gregory Briner and Christina Hood
01 Nov 2012
Carbon market mechanisms such as emissions trading systems and crediting mechanisms can have multiple objectives. A key goal is to lower the cost of achieving greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. Market mechanisms can also catalyse investment...
Crossing the Threshold: Ambitious Baselines for the UNFCCC New Market-Based Mechanism
Andrew Prag and Gregory Briner
01 May 2012
At COP 17 in Durban, countries defined a new market-based mechanism to promote cost-effective mitigation actions, guided by a set of principles previously agreed at COP 16. These principles include “stimulating mitigation across broad segments of the...
Tracking Climate Finance
Christa Clapp, Jane Ellis, Julia Benn and Jan Corfee-Morlot
01 May 2012
Developed countries have committed under the international negotiations to jointly mobilising USD 100 billion per year by 2020 for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. Yet consistent and comprehensive data to track this...
Tracking and Trading: Expanding on Options for International Greenhouse Gas Unit Accounting after 2012
Andrew Prag, Christina Hood, André Aasrud and Gregory Briner
01 Nov 2011
The use of tradable greenhouse gas (GHG) units to meet emissions reduction goals is likely to continue after 2012 as many countries have expressed support for using market mechanisms to promote and enhance the cost-effectiveness of mitigation. Most...
Design Options for International Assessment and Review (IAR) and International Consultations and Analysis (ICA)
Jane Ellis, Gregory Briner, Yamide Dagnet and Nina Campbell
01 Nov 2011
In 2010, the international community took steps to improve the system of reporting and verification under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Parties to the UNFCCC decided at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of...
Monitoring and Tracking Long-Term Finance to Support Climate Action
Barbara Buchner, Jessica Brown and Jan Corfee-Morlot
01 May 2011
The Cancún Agreements formalise a collective commitment by developed countries to provide new and additional funding for action on climate change in developing countries both in the short- and longer-term. This collective financial commitment...