Debt for climate swaps: Caribbean outlook

This briefing looks at how debt for climate swaps may provide an avenue for Small Island Developing States to address debt challenges while also increasing resilience to climate change.

Why using 20-year Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) for emission targets are a very bad idea for climate policy

Briefings

November 2017

Why using 20-year Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) for emission targets are a very bad idea for climate policy

There have been proposals for the UNFCCC to adopt a dual-term greenhouse gas accounting standard: 20-year GWPs alongside the presently accepted 100-year GWPs. It is argued that the advantage of such a change would be to more rapidly reduce short term warming and buy time for CO2 reductions. This briefing shows why these changes would be counterproductive and the benefits overstated.

Improvement in warming outlook as India and China move ahead, but Paris Agreement gap still looms large

Reports

November 2017

Improvement in warming outlook as India and China move ahead, but Paris Agreement gap still looms large

While there is a significant improvement on climate action globally, despite US rollbacks, President Trump’s announced intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, has led to a significant deterioration in the effect of Paris Agreement commitments (NDCs)—by about 0.3°C.

Synthesis of the Least Developed Countries' NDCs

Reports

October 2017

Synthesis of the Least Developed Countries' NDCs

This analysis, done at the request of the Chair of Least Developed Countries Group, covers the NDCs of the 47 LDCs through a systematic review of their mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, and means of implementation components.

Facilitating global transition: the role of Nationally Determined Contributions in meeting the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement

Briefings

June 2017

Facilitating global transition: the role of Nationally Determined Contributions in meeting the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement

This analysis, prepared for the NDC Partnership, looks into the recent developments in terms of NDCs submission and renewables deployment. It outlines the instruments that can be utilised to decrease the gap between current emissions trends and the Paris Agreement compatible emissions pathways.

Fact check: President Trump’s speech on intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement

Working Papers

June 2017

Fact check: President Trump’s speech on intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement

On June 1, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, leaning on many dubious claims in support of his decision. Our experts have done a thorough fact check of the speech.

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