The Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) have just issued a revised document. It contains sections on mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology transfer and capacity building. The new ‘Draft Agreement’ comprises 26 articles on 9 pages that cover all the areas under negotiations. However, many key issues are only addressed in very general terms and may lead to a reinterpretation of the parties’ existing rights and commitments.
In response to concerns raised by different delegates, LRI advisers have prepared possible draft text for declarations on, for example, finance and technology transfer, adaptation and loss and damage. Declarations clarify a Party’s understanding of the scope of a treaty or the meaning of certain provision. They are essentially of a political (not legal) nature but may help to strengthen arguments and negotiating positions in the future.
The briefing paper outlines possible draft text for such declarations in English and French.