Financial Mechanisms

Briefing paper

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Date produced: 07/12/2009

The Legal Response Initiative (LRI) received and answered 5 questions on financial mechanisms during the Barcelona meeting about the consistency of the proposed mechanisms with the provisions concerning funding contained in the UNFCCC and the level of control that might be exercised over any fund.