There is an element of déjà vu to the events in the White House Rose Garden last week. Just days into my new job as …
Category: UNFCCC
The USA and the Paris Agreement
On April 26th the Washington DC based Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) sent a letter to US President Donald Trump urging continued US participation …
A firm proposal for Article 6
Next month negotiators will convene under the auspices of the UNFCCC to start in earnest the process of putting flesh on the bones of the …
Baby steps through Marrakech
COP22 has come and gone and despite a surprise US election result in its early days which reverberated throughout the temporary site in Marrakech that …
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 …
Another momentous step?
Following the ICAO deal to offset the global growth in aviation emissions and the Paris Agreement passing the 55 / 55 criteria for entry into …
Paris ratification maths
The joint announcement by the US and China that they would ratify the Paris Agreement and the more recent announcement by Brazil has raised the prospect …
