Since Durban, the institutional home for Workstream 2 has been the ADP, but as it is scheduled to close in Paris, a new home will need to be found. What are the options (drawing on precedents under the process as much as possible) and their pros and cons for various institutional arrangements of three components of […]

How do you ensure permanence of the international mechanism on loss and damage? Background and Summary: There are many countries who state that their chief concern is to ensure the permanence of an international mechanism. They fear that, given its current mandate and scheduled review, the Warsaw International Mechanism could disappear after 2016. For …

1. What will happen to Article 2.2 of the Kyoto Protocol, post-Paris? 2. Assuming the Paris Agreement does contain a provision on international transport, how will the Agreement interact with other legal treaties, such as the Chicago Convention, which guarantees equal treatment? Advice: 1. Status of Article 2.2 KP post-Paris Although what will happen …

What are the legal and governance questions involved if an institution serves two agreements: how can an institution such as the WIM be under the guidance of the COP and the governing body of the new agreement at the same time? what does this mean? Joint COP/PARIS COP agenda items? Advice: It is not uncommon, […]

Decision B.09/03 of the Green Climate Fund Board extends the coverage of the GCF Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for the Board beyond what is mandated in the GCF Board Rules of Procedure (in particular Rule 45) to Advisers of Board members and alternate members. The GCF Secretariat has interpreted this Decision to imply that only advisers …