The Paris Agreement is built on the principle of increasing ambition through nationally determined contributions (NDC), with the goal of reaching net zero emissions in …
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Climate Risks and ‘Hothouse Earth’
A new paper by researchers from a number of institutions, but including the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, has made …
After Bonn, is progress fast enough?
The Parties to the Paris Agreement spent the first two weeks of May in Bonn, discussing amongst other things, the so-called rule book of the …
It’s all in the numbers
One of the noteworthy features of the 160+ nationally determined contributions (NDC) submitted to the UNFCCC following the adoption (and now ratification) of the Paris …
Building a transition into Article 6
It would seem that transitions are all important at the moment and while many may be focussed on the latest ideas for Brexit, I am …
Linkages within Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
National negotiators are in the process of getting their thoughts together on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, both in preparation for the next round …
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Five steps for the Paris Agreement
There have been many surprising developments in the Paris Agreement on climate change. The most recent was its entry into force on November 4 2016, setting …
Revisiting global emissions accounting
As COP 22 approaches and negotiators face the task of implementing the Paris Agreement, they will be required to interpret, expand on and operationalize the …
Where are we now?
Last week I presented a simple analysis of the temperature data over the last 50+ years which showed that there was good reason to think …
A new reality to come to terms with
The first UNFCCC talks since the adoption of the Paris Agreement are now underway and the various delegations are getting down to the tough task …
