The text for the proposed REDD-plus mechanism under the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has recently developed as follows: 15 December 2009 – draft REDD text as at the end of COP 15; 11 February 2010 – draft REDD text as amended by the AWG-LCA; 17 May 2010 – Advance Version of […]

1. What are the legal limitations of COP decisions (under the UNFCCC) with regard to WTO/trade law in connection with REDD+? 2. To what extent could a decision that addresses the international drivers of deforestation, for example, request restrictions on the trade in commodities such as palm oil or soya etc, and related subsidies and […]

It has been suggested that in the text of Non Paper 39 (draft text on REDD) references to international “agreements” should be replaced with the term “instrument” or “human rights instrument”. What is the distinction between an “agreement” and an “instrument” in this context and should an alternative formulation be used? 1. Summary …

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) …