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- Publication 16 August 2021 The Need for a Rights-Based Approach to the Clean Development Mechanism The adoption of a range of resolutions by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) signals the introduction of a human rights-based approach into the lexicon of climate change negotiation and resulting initiatives. This development has been subsequently reinforced by the Conference of Parties Decision 1/CP.16 which calls upon parties that are implementing programmes under the aegis of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to fully respect human rights in all…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Linkages between LEDS – NAMA- MRV
- Publication 16 August 2021 Energy access realities in urban poor communities of developing countries: assessments and recommendations
- Publication 16 August 2021 Sustainable Development Impacts of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions: An integrated approach to assessment of co-benefits based on experience with the Clean Development Mechanism Sustainable development priorities provide the context for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) by developing countries. While methods exist to assess the sustainable development (SD) co-benefits of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, no approach has yet been developed to assess the SD impacts of NAMAs. This paper argues for a new integrated approach to asses NAMAs’ SD impacts that consists of SD indicators, procedures for stakeholder involvement and safeguards against…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Local stakeholder participation in CDM and new climate mitigation mechanisms – case study of a small scale hydropower project in China Public participation is recognized as a key principle for effective climate governance in Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In Warsaw 2013 the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) decided that the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board should collect information on practices for local stakeholder consultation in collaboration with the Designated National Authorities (DNA) Forum and…
- Publication 16 August 2021 The Adaptation Gap Report - a Preliminary Assessment This first Adaptation Gap report provides an equally sobering assessment of the gap between adaptation needs and reality, based on preliminary thinking on how baselines, future goals or targets, and gaps between them might be defined for climate change adaptation. The report focuses on gaps in developing countries in three important areas: finance, technology and knowledge.
- Publication 16 August 2021 Enhancing Ecosystem Services
- Publication 16 August 2021 Africa-EU Research Collaborations on Climate Change. A Critical Analysis of the Scope, Coordination and Uptake of Findings