Query: 1. Is it legal to discuss and agree on guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism under any COP agenda item, in particular in technology agenda items such as the linkage between the technology mechanism and financial mechanism, or must such guidance come from the GEF and GCF agenda items only? 2. […]

Query: Please provide a characterization of the expert dialogue on mountains and climate change that took place at SB 60 and identify further entry points for these issues in other negotiation streams. Summary:  The Expert Dialogue on mountains and climate change which took place during SB 60 in Bonn, seems to be a one-off event. […]

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What are the legal obligations of developing country parties under the Paris Agreement? Advice: Under articles 2 and 4, the general objective of the Paris Agreement (“the Agreement”) is to limit the increase in the global average temperature to “well below 2 °C” and to pursue “efforts” to limit the increase to 1.5 °C. This is …

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 …