Travel cost method, descriptive statistics and a two-step Heckman method are used to analyse the use and economic value of indigenous seasonal climate forecasts (ISCF) in Benin. ISCF were produced based on the observation of abiotic and biotic indicators in Kandi, Glazoué and Zè with the observations largely undertaken by local elders and professional traditional forecasters.
Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing
We aim at strengthening the capacity of negotiators and policy-makers from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to engage in the international climate negotiations and to advocate for a strong global climate regime. We provide briefings, workshops and training to negotiators.
Publications
The picture on climate change is bleak. But 30 years of international climate cooperation have had a significant impact. This has included an extraordinary global effort to clarify the science, global agreement of a stabilisation target, an international treaty basis for mitigation and
adaptation action, and a wide array of partnerships that have driven up ambition and developed technical solutions.
Without this cooperation, the world would already face even more dangerous and irreversible levels of climate change – and would have none of the tools we need to effect a low-carbon transition.
Analysis of options for determining OMGE, SOP and Transition within Article 6: implications of policy decisions for international crediting under the Paris AgreementReports
Rules for the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are still under negotiation at the international level. This report explores three key unresolved issues that are closely interrelated and that can considerably impact the global emissions outcome from using Article 6 as well as the amount of revenues generated to help meet the adaptation needs of particularly vulnerable developing countries.
Points clés pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest du rapport spécial du GIEC sur le changement climatique et les terresBriefing papers
Synthèse des messages clés pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest du Rapport spécial sur le changement climatique et les terres (SRCCL) du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC).
Summary of the key messages for West Africa from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL).
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.
The Paris Agreement: Practical and strategic considerations related to signature and entry into force Briefing papers
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.
Projects
The Governance Initiative for the Caribbean (CGIC) aims to support the development of governance structures to allow equitable and just national climate action to implement the Paris Agreement in Caribbean countries.
The Regional Climate Champion Project is an initiative undertaken by Climate Analytics gGmbH in partnership with regional stakeholders. The project’s focus is on building a regional coalition for ambition for implementation of the Paris Agreement.
IMPACT is a cross-cutting, multi-faceted project that aims to strengthen the connections between the scientific assessments of climate impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to help enable access to finance and help Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) implement concrete projects.
Science and policy to assist and support SIDSs and LDCs to negotiate a strong international climate regime, enabling low carbon development and supporting adaptation needs.
The project creates a support mechanism for high-level political representatives and their advisors from LDCs and SIDS that is demand-driven, responsive to ongoing needs and firmly rooted in the respective regions.
This project provides specific analytical, scientific and strategic information and support to strengthen the capacity of LDCs to defend their interests in the global climate change negotiations.
Project Period: 2014 - 2016
Upon request from Panama’s Ministry of Environment, we facilitated a workshop for Panama’s negotiating team focusing on issues of particular importance to the government in the context of the Paris agreement: REDD+, loss and damage and adaptation. Project Period: 2015