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What new climate measures are G7 countries taking after Paris deal?

14 January 2016
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A month after COP21 summit, club of major economies weighs policy tweaks to meet tough global warming goal.

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Innovation: a New Mode of Climate Action

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11 December 2015
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A range of announcements of energy and climate coalitions have been made during COP21. Beyond their important diplomatic objectives, these new forms of coalitions bring scientists and industry leaders towards new long term visions of energy consumption modes.

How to reflect non-parties contributions? The Taiwanese experience with climate action

19 November 2015
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Minister Kuo-Yen Wei, the third speaker to our conference on Climate Action beyond COP21, shared his insights on how Taiwan, which is not an official party to the UNFCCC, is determined to contribute to the global fight against climate change by taking action domestically. Mr. Wei is the current Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration of Executive Yuan, ROC (Taiwan).

What chances do we have to stay below the 2°C limit?

19 November 2015
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Jean Jouzel, the second speaker to our conference on Climate Action beyond COP21, shared his insights on the aggregate effect on national climate pledges and adressed the issue of consistency with the globally agreed long-term goal of keeping the average temperature rise below 2°C. Mr Jouzel is a climatologist, research director at CEA and former vice-president of the scientific working group of the IPCC (2002-2015).

Key challenges for COP21

19 November 2015
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Yvo de Boer, the first speaker to our conference Climate Action beyond COP21,  shared his insights on what should be the core elements of the Paris agreement. Mr de Boer is the Director General of the Global Green Growth Institute and he was the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change between 2006 and 2010.

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Shaping Expectations to Foster the Low Carbon Transition: Can COP21 be a catalyst for action?

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18 November 2015
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This report explores the debate on how COP21 could shape expectations of a global shift towards decarbonisation and thus boost low carbon investments.

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Climate Action beyond COP21 - Conference Brief

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12 November 2015
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On November 4th 2015, the Ifri Center for Energy held an international conference on the future of Climate Action beyond the COP21. The conference brought together key experts to outline reasonable expectations for the Paris Climate Summit, in terms of binding commitments from the parties and, more broadly, in terms of the profound transformation that an agreement could trigger.

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Nations prepare for Paris Climate Summit

30 October 2015
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World leaders to gather in Paris for a new round of talks on climate change. CNN's Jim Bittermann reports.

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China’s Difficult, but Necessary Bet on Climate

02 October 2015
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While China may be setting the bar high for itself in it's commitments for the COP21 climate negotiations this December, these ultimately serve to foster necessary progress on environmental issues and economic reforms at home.

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The Paris Agreement. Article from "RAMSES 2016"

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08 September 2015
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To avoid the pitfalls of historic divisions, climate negotiators decided to go down the self-differentiation route and leave legal matters to be resolved during the last steps of the process. The national contributions drafted by each party provide a robust basis for discussion, but we still need to ensure that these are appropriate and also monitor their implementation. The credibility of the Paris Agreement will be determined by these final procedural trade-offs.  

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