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WRI and UNEP Submission to the UNFCCC For Increasing Ambition

By Remi Moncel on March 13, 2012

Read the submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on increasing ambition from WRI and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Download the Submission (PDF, 6 pages, 154 Kb)

STATEMENT: A Climate Deal Comes Together in Durban

December 11, 2011

As the climate talks concluded today, Parties agreed to move forward with a “Durban Package” that includes a pathway forward on a legally-binding instrument for all countries, an agreement on a second commitment for the Kyoto Protocol, and a set of decisions to implement the Cancun Agreements, including the Green Climate Fund.

Assessing Non-Annex I Pledges: Building a Case for Clarification

Working Paper: December, 2011

This paper builds a case for the need to clarify the assumptions, methodologies, and other critical details underlying non-Annex I nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs). It also explains how common accounting rules for Annex I targets will resolve the lack of clarity surrounding targets for developed countries. It concludes with decisions that can be made in COP17 Durban to formalize both common accounting rules for Annex I targets and a clarification process for non–Annex I actions.

ADVISORY: Press Teleconference: What To Expect at the Durban Climate Talks

November 17, 2011

As the climate meetings in Durban, South Africa, approach, it is a key moment to find a way forward with international cooperation to address climate change.

COP 17: Durban

Representatives from around the world are gathering in Durban, South Africa to find common ground in the fight against extreme climate change.

STATEMENT: Australia Passes Historic Climate Legislation

November 8, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

On Tuesday, the Australian senate passed legislation that will set a price on carbon and help meet its emissions targets.

Building the Climate Change Regime: Survey and Analysis of Approaches

Remi Moncel, Paul Joffe, Kevin McCall, and Kelly Levin

Working Paper: October, 2011

This working paper seeks to identify concrete pathways for building an international “climate change regime.” It surveys and analyzes the academic literature as well as proposals by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments.

PRESS RELEASE: New Research Reveals Pathways for Action on Climate Change

October 24, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Paper offers options to scale up climate action globally in Durban, Rio and beyond

MEDIA ADVISORY: Building the Climate Change Regime

October 19, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Launch of New Paper Building the Climate Change Regime: Survey and Analysis of Approaches

RELEASE: Climate Change Demands New Decision-Making Strategies by National Leaders

October 18, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WRI, UNDP, UNEP and World Bank release major report: Decision Making in a Changing Climate

Summary: Workshop on How to Measure, Report, and Verify Climate Finance

By Kirsten Stasio on August 9, 2011

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An informal summary of WRI’s June 2011 workshop on the measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of finance provisions in the Cancun Agreements.

PRESS STATEMENT: Bonn Climate Talks Wrap Up: More Progress Needed

June 17, 2011
Location: BONN, GERMANY

As climate negotiations wrapped up in Bonn, Germany, following is a statement from Jennifer Morgan, Director, Climate and Energy, the World Resources Institute:

Designing the International Climate Regime

WRI aims to highlight the best proposals for the institutional design of an international climate change regime. This project is a joint endeavor of the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), with the support of the Government of Ireland.