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Background: based on the latest Nationally Determined Contributions (“NDCs”) submitted by parties in 2020/2021 in the context of the first NDC update milestone, it is very likely that the 1.5C temperature goal of the PA will be exceeded by the end of the century. For some parties and independent organisations, this is caused in part […]

Could you review the NDCs of Parties to the Paris Agreement as well as their recent national policies relevant in this context (e.g. on energy, technology, science or environment) for any references to the development, testing or use of geo-engineering technologies? Advice: See the table below.

In Article 7, paragraph 1, on Technology transfer and development, some Parties have introduced a reference to “responding to gender sensitive needs”. What does this addition mean, and what are its potential implications and advantages? Advice: Gender issues have been increasingly recognised as an integral part of the international community’s …