What are the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies? (Updated)
Permanent Subsidiary Bodies There are two permanent subsidiary bodies; the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) [1]. The SBSTA was established under Article 9 of the UNFCCC, while SBI was...
The Paris Agreement: A Focus on REDD+
Forests and International Policies REDD+ is a United Nations backed framework that focuses solely on the sustainable management and conservation of forests and their resources. REDD+ itself is an extension of REDD, which was implemented in 2008 following years of...
The Language of Climate: Kyoto to Paris
The Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 and became the first global agreement to invite all nations to decarbonise in an attempt to ensure global temperature rise stays well below 2 degrees. The Kyoto Protocol, its predecessor, was adopted in 1997, and extended in...
The Paris Agreement: A Focus on Transparency
What is meant by “transparency”? In order to achieve the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), all Parties rely on transparent, correct and comprehensible information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate...