All pages with keywords: The road to Paris: COP 21

Tracking intended nationally determined contributions: what are the implications for greenhouse gas emissions in 2030?
This paper looks at whether the intended national determined contributions (INDCs) that were submitted by 20 July 2015 are consistent with the 2°C limit. read more »

Video – Paris and beyond: lecture by World Bank Group VP, Rachel Kyte
World Bank Vice Group President Rachel Kyte looks beyond a potential climate deal at the Paris summit and asks how an orderly transition to zero carbon growth could be managed and financed. read more »

Nationally Self-Interested Climate Change Mitigation: A Unified Conceptual Framework
This paper finds that the vast majority of emissions cuts needed to decarbonise the global economy this century can lead to domestic economic benefits that outweigh the costs for individual countries, even before the avoided risks of dangerous climate change are taken into account. read more »

A minilateral solution for global climate change? On bargaining efficiency, club benefits and international legitimacy
This paper by Rober Falkner explores the the potential role that climate clubs might play in promoting global climate action. read more »

What will global annual emissions of greenhouse gases be in 2030, and will they be consistent with avoiding global warming of more than 2°C?
Countries agreed at the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) in Lima, Peru, in December 2014 to set out their “intended nationally determined contributions” (INDCs) … read more »
Nicholas Stern calls for countries to raise ambition of intended emissions reductions to narrow gap with pathway for 2 degree limit
Countries should seek ways to increase the ambition of their national pledges for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, both before and after the crucial UN climate change summit in Paris in December, according to a paper published today read more »

Public lecture | International cooperation and climate change
Dr Alina Averchenkova, Prof John Broome, Prof Robyn Eckersley and Fergus Green discuss why the international community been faltering on effective climate action and how we can break through the collective-action impasse. read more »

Understanding climate finance for the Paris summit in December 2015 in the context of financing for sustainable development for the Addis Ababa conference in July 2015
Paper asserts that overseas aid to support developing countries should be interwoven with efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It claims that efforts to separate the two could be deeply damaging. read more »

The management of multilateral negotiations: lessons from UN climate negotiations
The 2009 Conference of Parties (COP 15) in Copenhagen, which aimed to deliver a first-ever comprehensive global climate deal, ended without agreement in part because of poor management … read more »

Post-2020 climate agreements in the major economies assessed in the light of global models
Integrated assessment models can help in quantifying the implications of international climate agreements and regional climate action. This paper reviews scenario results from model intercomparison projects to explore different possible … read more »

