As COP 26 approaches, the UK government (as President of the COP) and the UNFCCC are encouraging as many countries as possible, in accordance with …
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An alternative to allocating removal quotas
Over the last few months I have posted a number of articles on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), highlighting the need for this set of practices …
Getting going with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
Article 6 was inserted into the Paris Agreement with a view to providing similar compliance flexibility to that offered by the trading mechanisms within the …
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What to make of Article 6 at COP25?
I spent a week at COP25 in Madrid, with great hope that the negotiators would land the Article 6 text and complete the so-called Paris …
Article 6: A job to do at COP25
As the Parties and representatives of the many UNFCCC observer organisations gather in Madrid, there is talk of increased mitigation ambition and the need to …
Looking again at carbon pricing
It is Climate Week in New York and among the police barricades at the UN, the protests and traffic there is still the opportunity for …
Increasing ambition under the Paris Agreement
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 …
The missing links after COP24
With much applause and many congratulatory statements, COP24 in Katowice finally ended on Saturday evening, after a marathon flurry of activity to get the Paris …
What next for coal?
With COP24 now underway deep in the heart of coal country in Poland, we can’t help but be reminded of the important role that coal …
What is a ‘mitigation outcome’?
The potential for carbon market development was included in the Paris Agreement, as Article 6, at the very last moment of the negotiations in December …
