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 …

The amendments proposed by Mexico and PNG would, while keeping consensus as the initial threshold for decision-making, have the effect of providing an exception to default consensus voting rule for the COP. They would allow COP decisions (with certain exceptions), after all efforts to reach consensus have been exhausted, to be adopted by a three-fourths …

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In this briefing paper, we set out general information in relation to the following issues which may be useful to delegates when considering the procedure for approving decisions: (a) The draft rules of procedure (Draft Rules) and the voting rule (Draft Rule 42); (b) The meaning of consensus; (c) Voting procedure in respect of amendments […]