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UNFCCC Website and Document Guide

The UNFCCC website serves as a primary resource for accessing information related to UN climate negotiations, including decisions, agendas, and other relevant documents. However, navigating the site can be challenging. It is
11 June 2025
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English-French terminology

This Excel spreadsheet provides a list of terms and acronyms in English-French / French-English used at the UNFCCC.
6 March 2025
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UNFCCC Terminology Guide

Explore key terms and expressions used in climate negotiations and their outcomes. This guide serves as a valuable resource for government and non-government participants involved in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
4 November 2024
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UNFCCC Terminology Guide: the essentials

This brief document compiles and defines key terms commonly employed in climate negotiations. It serves as a condensed version of a comprehensive guide to climate negotiations terminology, published by IIED and LRI.
4 November 2024
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Guide to the Paris Agreement

The Guide to the Paris Agreement has been updated just in time for this year’s conference. It builds on the 2020 version of the guide by including relevant information from the subsequent CMA decisions.
30 November 2023
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Legislating the Paris Agreement in Africa

Approaches to, and lessons learnt from, the development of climate change framework laws in Eswatini, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.
29 March 2021
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Summary Report: Putting the law at the heart of the Paris Agreement

Summary report of a webinar event held on 10th December 2020 to mark the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement. The purpose of the event was to hear voices
18 January 2021
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Guide to the Paris Agreement

This Guide is an update on the Pocket Guide to the Paris Agreement. Intended for use by UNFCCC negotiators and practitioners at domestic level alike, it provides explanations of the Paris Agreement
23 March 2020
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Climate Legislation Advice Portal

While countries are still negotiating international responses to climate change, many have also embarked on domestic action to implement their commitments under the Paris Agreement. This process often includes reviewing and enhancing domestic legal frameworks. In collaboration
1 November 2018
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Bottom-up climate legislation in Cameroon

To implement the Paris Agreement on climate change at national level, countries will need to review existing governance frameworks and adopt new rules and regulations. Under the umbrella of the African Climate Legislation
14 May 2018
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Legislating the Paris Agreement – Short Brief

The rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement increases the urgency for supporting developing countries in their legislative efforts to respond to climate change and implement their commitments under the Paris
31 October 2016
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Legislating the Paris Agreement – Summary Report of meeting – September 2016

The Paris Agreement has now been ratified by a sufficient number of parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) representing over 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions
18 October 2016
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