Topic: international policy

Last month, WRI convened a group of international experts to discuss policies and incentives for increasing the use of renewable energy in the developing world. WRI’s Davida Wood and Lutz Weischer discuss the key lessons learned at the workshop and their work on helping developing countries make the transition to renewable energy.

Applause, standing ovations, and the final moments of the Cancun climate conference.

The Cancun climate talks concluded today with countries agreeing by consensus to move ahead with an international agreement on climate change.

As the climate talks in Cancun head into the final days, the conference has taken on a different tone.

WRI Media Director Michael Oko reports back from COP-16.

Open Climate Network (OCN), a global network that will track countries’ progress toward cutting emissions and providing climate finance, was launched this week at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Cancun, Mexico.

This post originally appeared on the ChinaFAQs website.

A progress report as UNFCCC climate negotiations in Cancun enter their second week.

This issue brief discusses different ways to improve the current system for reporting and compiling information on public financing for climate change. Its goal is to help Parties to the UNFCCC develop robust reporting processes for climate finance.

This “Budget Brief” originally appeared on the International Budget Partnership website. You can read the entire text, and download a PDF of the brief, here.

This piece originally appeared on the National Journal “Cancun Insider” blog.

An update on the role of climate finance in the international climate negotiations.

An overview of China’s evolving domestic climate policy.

An update from the International Anti-Corruption Conference.

this policy brief provides context, concise analysis, and recommendations to Parties for addressing carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) issues raised to date in the twin track United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol (KP) processes.

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Governing Climate Finance: The Importance of Reporting Guidelines and Review Mechanisms to Ensure Transparency & Accountability

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From Copenhagen To Cancun: Climate Finance

Report from Cancun: China’s Climate Progress Since Copenhagen

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