19 March, 2016

The Paris Agreement: practical and strategic considerations related to signature and entry into force

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Following adoption of the Paris Agreement, a number of questions have been raised related to signature, ratification and entry into force of the Paris Agreement, some practical, some strategic.

This briefing looks at issues that relate to the possibility of early entry into force, the status of Party INDCs both pre-ratification and post-ratification, protection of the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree temperature limitation goal, and the implications of decision 1/CP.21 on the Paris Agreement’s treatment of loss and damage.

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Publications

Unabated: the Carbon Capture and Storage 86 billion tonne carbon bomb aimed at derailing a fossil phase-out

The climate talks at COP28 have centred around the need for a fossil fuel phase-out. Our analysis quantifies the risk posed by restricting a phase-out commitment to only ‘unabated’ fossil fuels.

No change to warming as fossil fuel endgame brings focus onto false solutions

The CAT's annual warming estimate has risen by 0.1˚C to 2.5˚C. The estimate is largely influenced by weak existing targets rather than shifts triggered by updated Nationally Determined Contributions.

The effects of political knowledge use by developing country negotiators in Loss and Damage negotiations

This article traces how developing country negotiators used knowledge to further their interests in loss and damage negotiations from 2003 to 2013.

De la CDN 1.0 à la CDN 2.0: qu'est-ce qui a changé dans les CDN des PMA de l’Afrique de l'Ouest?

La présente étude examine les premières et les secondes Contributions Déterminées au niveau National des onze pays les moins avancés de l’Afrique de l’Ouest à savoir le Bénin, le Burkina Faso, la Gambie, la Guinée, la Guinée Bissau, le Libéria, le Mali, le Niger, le Sénégal, la Sierra Leone et le Togo.

EU’s role in the world: how can EU climate diplomacy stimulate greater ambition?

This paper discusses EU climate leadership and ambition and explores avenues for the EU to promote greater climate action inside and out of the UNFCCC process.

Research agenda for the loss and damage fund

This piece in Nature discusses what research could contribute to the design of the loss and damage fund.

Advancing multilateral cooperation on climate action

This paper analysed the state of multilateral cooperation initiatives in the four policy areas energy transition, synthetic fuels, food systems and forest protection.

Glasgow’s 2030 credibility gap: net zero’s lip service to climate action

In Glasgow, it is clear there is a massive credibility, action and commitment gap that casts a long and dark shadow of doubt over the net zero goals put forward by more than 140 countries, covering 90% of global emissions.

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Using the Global Stocktake to Improve National Climate Policy Ambition and Implementation

This report seeks to understand how seven diverse countries use UNFCCC guidance at the national level to influence policy and politics and how this will influence the Global Stocktake in 2023 and the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions in 2025.

The value of climate cooperation

Thirty years of international climate cooperation have had a significant impact, including an extraordinary effort to clarify the science, global agreement of a stabilisation target, an international treaty basis for mitigation and adaptation action.

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Analysis of options for determining OMGE, SOP and Transition within Article 6: implications of policy decisions for international crediting under the Paris Agreement

This report explores three key unresolved issues from using Article 6 of the Paris Agreement as well as the amount of revenues generated to help meet the adaptation needs of particularly vulnerable developing countries.

Informing the Talanoa Dialogue question, “How do we get to 1.5°C?”

How do we limit warming to 1.5°C: informing the Talanoa Dialogue question, “How do we get there?”

Integrated Assessment Models of climate change mitigation, assessed in IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (IPCC SR1.5), show a large spectrum of 1.5°C- compatible pathways that limit warming to this level during the century, or exceed it by only a limited amount of less than 0.1°C (“low overshoot”). This Climate Analytics submission to the Talanoa Dialogue, which unpacks in some detail the implications of these pathways.

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