What are the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, low emission development strategies and market-based approaches? Can you describe the adaptation goal and potential support for developing countries? In collaboration with UN Environment (UNEP), LRI has produced a new e-learning course on the Paris Agreement. It is …
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Former UNFCCC senior legal adviser joins LRI Board
Mr Seth Osafo, a Ghanaian lawyer, has been appointed as a new Trustee of the LRI Board. Mr Osafo brings to the Board a deep knowledge of climate change law and policy and a wealth of experience of the international process, having worked at a number of UN agencies since the early 1990s including as […]
LRI at COP22 in Marrakesh
A team of LRI lawyers is attending the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the UNFCCC in Marrakesh. To get in touch please email: liaisonofficers@legalresponse.org In collaboration with UN Environment (UNEP), LRI also organised a round-table discussion on legal preparedness for the Paris Agreement as part of the Law and Governance Day. The …
Legislating the Paris Agreement – two days of discussions in London
In collaboration with the Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), LRI has been hosting a two-day event in London to develop approaches and ideas for supporting developing countries in their legislative efforts to respond to climate change and implement their commitments under the new Paris climate agreement. A public panel discussion took …
Post-Paris capacity building in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
The last in the series of European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) regional workshops took place in Dar-es-Salaam on 14th and 15th September. Ecbi organises three workshops annually for junior developing country negotiators from Asian, East and West African countries. The workshop was attended by over 40 participants from 20 countries, many …