What does the term ‘international mechanism’ mean in order to address loss and damage associated with the adverse impacts of climate change as referred to in various UNFCCC documents (e.g. Decision 7/CP.17, Work programme on loss and damage, FCCC/CP/2011/9/Add.2, at para.5)? There is no general definition of the term ‘international mechanism’ …

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The Doha Climate Change Conference (COP18) culminated on Saturday 8 December 2012 with the adoption of the ‘Doha Climate Gateway’, a set of decisions adopted by near universal acclamation related to amendments to the Kyoto Protocol (the KP Decision), the closure of the Ad-­‐hoc Working Group on Long-­‐term Cooperative Action (AWG-­‐LCA) …