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History of the UN Climate Negotiations - Part 2 - from 2011 to 2015

melanie.schlund — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:37:31 +0000

Several factors led to uncertainty and complexity as well as scepticism on the likelihood of reaching an effective agreement in the post-Copenhagen process, including the shift in the UNFCCC negotiation process from a top-down approach to a more flexible system of country-led individual targets and a growing realisation among developing countries about the need to take an active role in...Read more

History of the UN Climate Negotiations - Part 1 - from the 1980's to 2010

melanie.schlund — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 08:06:01 +0000

Based on first scientific insights on climate change, policy makers agreed in 1992 on a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Since then, the UNFCCC has been the basis for climate negotiations with the Kyoto Protocol (1997), the Marrakech Accords (2001) and the Cancun Agreements (2010) as major milestones. This Knowledge Package explains how climate policy making has increasingly...Read more

International Climate Policy Architectures – Top-Down and Bottom-Up

melanie.schlund — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:24:38 +0000

International climate policy currently seems to be undergoing a transition from a centralized model of governance to a "hybrid" decentralized approach that combines country-level mitigation pledges with common principles for accounting and monitoring. Pledges for 2020 are likely to lead to a warming of at least 3°C. Unless a more stringent approach can be agreed for 2030, the international regime...Read more

Overview of Climate Targets in Europe

dmk — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:40:31 +0000

Since the 1990s the EU has been pursuing climate change mitigation targets. Following the international commitment to the legally binding greenhouse gas reduction under the Kyoto Protocol, the approach was broadened and deepened with the 20-20-20% targets for 2020. The greenhouse gas target looks set to be overachieved. In 2014, new objectives for 2030 were agreed, but criticised harshly by...Read more