Equity In The Paris Agreement

The equity map shows how ambitious countries` climate promises under the Paris Agreement are in five oft-debated visions of justice. In practical terms, a country can be seen as ambitious from a larger, and potentially more ambitious, perspective if its climate promise meets several visions of justice. Pauw WP, Castro P, Pickering J, Bhasin S (2019) Conditional contributions set at the national level in the Paris Agreement: guarantor of justice or the Achilles heel? The Clim Directive. doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2019.1635874 that reflect climate change as an environmental problem (i.e. pollution control) rather than as a development problem (see Hermwille et al., 2017); Macomere and Mbeva, 2018), THE fairness of climate protection by CBDR-RC has generally been discussed in the context of mitigation (Ciplet et al., 2013; Klinsky and Winkler, 2014). The notions of justice and CBDR-RC in the UNFCCC, however, are not limited to mitigation (UN, 1992, Article 3.1). Justice thinking should therefore include other elements of international climate policy, such as vulnerability to the effects of climate change, finance and technology transfer (BASIC Experts, 2011); Climate Action Network, 2013; Klinsky and Winkler, 2014; Pauw et al., 2014). To ensure effective and safe participation, a comprehensive agreement on climate change must be considered fair by the countries concerned. The Paris Agreement has moved closer to differentiating countries` responsibilities in the fight against climate change by removing the rigid distinction between developed and developing countries, by providing for “subtle differentiation” of certain subgroups of countries (e.B LDCs) on substantive issues (e.g.

B climate change financing) and/or for specific procedures (for example. B calendars and reports). In this article, we analyze whether countries of self-differentiation are compatible with the subtle differentiation of the Paris Agreement in formulating their own climate plans or national contributions (NDC). We find that there is a consistency for mitigation and adaptation, but not for support (climate finance, technology transfer and capacity building). Given that NPNs are the main instrument for achieving the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement, this inconsistency needs to be addressed so that the next final stages are more ambitious. Bodansky D (2016) The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A New Hope? Law J Int 110:288-319. doi.org/10.5305/amerjintelaw.110.2.0288 Rajamani L (2015) Negotiate the 2015 climate agreement: issues of legal form and nature.