Nov 15, 2023 | All Posts, COP28, Key Terms and Agreements
What are NDCs? NDCs set out countries’ emission reduction targets with corresponding mitigation and adaptation strategies. NDCs also include monitoring processes to ensure appropriate progress is being made. Finally, NDCs outline strategies for financing...
May 16, 2021 | International Policy, Key Terms and Agreements
What does Article 6 say? Article 6 lists three mechanisms, all centered around the voluntary cooperation of different countries, as well as public and private entities, to meet the climate ambitions outlined by the Paris Agreement. Article 6.2 The first mechanism...
May 10, 2021 | Key Terms and Agreements
Capacity-building is the process by which an individual or organisation can obtain, improve or maintain specific skills, knowledge and/or resources needed to fulfill a goal or responsibility. Capacity-building has been identified as a vital process in the fight...
Apr 22, 2021 | Key Terms and Agreements
Human activities, in addition to natural processes, release large amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere enhancing global warming and climate change [1]. The main sources of these emissions are: extraction and burning of fossil fuels (incl. coal,...
Apr 18, 2021 | Key Terms and Agreements
On top of commitments to reduce carbon emissions, a clean energy transition, and a net-zero future, one of the main tenets of the Conference of Parties (COP) climate conferences is adaptation. In the face of the climate crisis, adaptation refers to the ability nations...
Apr 11, 2021 | Key Terms and Agreements
Key Provisions: The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987) [13] is an international treaty. [14] The Protocol aims [15] to phase out the use of ozone depleting substances by regulating their production and consumption by parties to it....
