Query: Could the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee address lack of funding/capacity-building for reporting obligations as an implementation and compliance issue affecting SIDS and LDCs? Advice: I. About the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee   The Paris Agreement (PA) established in its Article 15 a mechanism …

Background: The query arises in the context of proposals from certain developed countries to add items for discussion to the CMA agenda, which are currently already discussed under the COP agenda, namely issues concerning gender, action for climate empowerment and capacity building. This advice primarily explores the scope and mandate of the CMA and …

Query: What is the legal basis for the new collective quantified goal (it is not mentioned in the Convention or Paris Agreement, but in COP and CMA decisions)? What is the link, if any, between NCQG and Article 9 of the Paris Agreement?

Query: What are some of the considerations relevant for the inclusion of a sub-goal on loss and damage within the NCQG?

Query: What types of outcomes can emerge from a COP and what legal value do they hold? Advice: 1. Legal bindingness in international law The creation of binding international obligations typically occurs through treaties, the result of extensive negotiations among nations. These treaties contain meticulously negotiated provisions, often developed over …