At the recent ‘A SIDS Moment in December’ event, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), Dr Adelle Thomas of the University of Bahamas and Climate Analytics delivered a presentation on the latest climate science and implications for small island states. Dr Thomas was a contributing author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC’s)…
More details.…by countries/businesses/individuals of emission reduction and reporting commitments under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. Compliance Committee A committee that helps facilitate, promote and enforce compliance with the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol. It has 20 members with representation spread among various regions, small-island developing states, Annex I parties and non-Annex I parties, and functions through a plenary, a bureau,…
More details.…a credible baseline, against which to measure future increases or decreases in industry emissions. Originally, the agreed baseline was intended to be an average between emissions in 2019 and 2020. In order to comply with this, airlines needed the right technical guidance and training. These rules come in the form of the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), developed by ICAO…
More details.On Tuesday 26 May, the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi), supported by the Climate Ambition Support Alliance (CASA) held a live web launch of ecbi’s brand new ‘Guide to the Paris Agreement’. The event was chaired by Kiran Sura, an Assistant Director at PwC and Programme Lead of the Climate Ambition Support Alliance (CASA). A video of the event has…
More details.The 48 member countries of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) are some of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, yet are among the most ambitious. This paper identifies a set of mitigation and adaptation options that CVF member countries could pursue when submitting new or updated NDCs by 2020.
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