1. Under which Agenda Item on the COP agenda should a draft COP Decision that a) request the secretariat to seek the views of states on best practices for integrating human rights to climate change action at a national level, b) request the secretariat to organize an inter-sessional workshop on how to integrate rights into climate […]

1. What options are there to integrate the non-paper on the elements of a new agreement formally into the COP decision prepared by and currently under negotiation in the ADP? 2. What are the implications of different options and their relative strengths? Summary: As a technical matter, there is no legal obstacle to integration of […]

Is there anything in the GCF Governing Instrument (or anywhere else) which would prevent the GCF Board (as legal entity) to create a new trust fund in the way the GEF, or rather the Bank created the LDCF and the SCCF (through Trust Fund Administration Agreements)? Summary:  Neither the Governing Instrument of the Green Climate […]

The 2015 agreement under the ADP mandate will need to be “under the Convention”. The practical legal implications will inform the discussion on options. What does “under the Convention” mean and what are the options for bringing the 2015 agreement under the Convention, in particular if the output is an agreed outcome with legal …

The concept of “consensus” is important in terms of the decision making process of the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and subsidiary bodies, working groups and committees of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Convention) and the …