Publications

This report provides an overview of the best available science and other key concepts of relevance to the achievement of the 1.5°C limit – i.e., the long-term temperature goal (LTTG) of the Paris Agreement – and assesses the adequacy of the mitigation measures and targets of the 33 respondent states in Duarte Agostinho v Portugal and 32 other States against the long-term temperature goal.

Debt-for-climate swaps provide an avenue for small island developing states to address challenges arising from adapting to increasing climate change risk and recovering from the pandemic.

As a growing number of countries bring forward national net-zero targets, questions of how much carbon dioxide removal each nation holds responsibility for, and whether transfers should be possible under the Paris Agreement market mechanisms become increasingly important.

This article tests fairness justifications offered in 168 nationally determined contributions to the 2015 Paris Agreement against the touchstone of principles of international environmental law and finds some justify their contributions on the basis of indicators not backed by such principles.