European Capacity Building Initiative

ecbi Publications

ecbi's Publications and Policy Analysis Unit (PPAU) generates information and advice for developing country negotiators that is relevant to the climate negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  

Developing countries often lack the economic and institutional capacity for policy analysis. If negotiators are unable to engage proactively by submitting proposals, responding to proposals from other States, and assessing the impact of global climate policy decisions on their individual States, progress in the negotiations can be hampered by the lack of alternatives and uncertainity. The differences in analytic capacity between developing countries and the industrialised world are often profound – developing countries lack support from organisations like the OECD, for instance, which has an immense apparatus producing thorough and focused reports, including direct advice on future policy responses to each of member country.

ecbi publications aim to be relevant to ongoing negotiations under the UNFCCC, timely, and trustworthy. PPAU works with negotiators from developing countries, sometimes through Editorial Committees, to identify UNFCCC issues where further analysis and policy advice is needed. Global experts are then teamed up with negotiators from devleoping countries to produce Policy Briefs and Discussion Notes. This partnership between experts and negotiators helps to ensure that the process of producing a Brief addresses the specific concerns of developing country negotiators; builds the capacity of developing country co-authors in policy analysis; and also builds ownership of the analysis. 

For new negotiators, and for use in ecbi Regional and Pre-COP Training Workshops, PPAU produces Background Papers and a series of Pocket Guides. These generally provide a more basic analysis of issues for newcomers to the process, along with the background and history of the issue in the negotiations. 

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COP13/MOP3 Side Event

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December, 2007

An overview of the legal status of NAMA pledges, proposed financing mechanisms and other implications for a future climate agreement

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Christoph Schwarte, David Wei, Sandra Freitas
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May, 2012

A brief history and description of the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund and the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund

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S M Munjurul Hannan Khan, Saleemul Huq, Md Shamsuddoha
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May, 2012

Opportunity or risk for Least Developed Countries?

Author:
Muyeye Chambwera, Evans Davie Njewa, Denise Loga
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May, 2012

Legally Binding Instruments under Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC)

Kyoto Protocol and2015 New Global Agreement

Author:
MD Ziaul Haque
Publication Date:
September, 2013

Climate Negotiations – Legal Workshop

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Legal Response Initiative
Publication Date:
September, 2013

This is a meeting report for the Finance Circle meeting held in Warsaw, Poland on November 13 2013. Twenty-six participants were in attendance from Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, the DRC, the EU, France, the Gambia, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, the UK, and the US − including two co-chairs of the LTF and the SCF. The meeting was moderated by Benito Müller, and covered two topics suggested by the co-chairs: a) How to continue the work on LTF, possibly in the context of the SCF and/or other committees; and b) GCF Mobilization of resources - securing political commitments to ensure GCF replenishment.

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Benito Müller
Publication Date:
November, 2013
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Erin Roberts, Raj Bavishi, Katherine Lofts, Mohammad Hafijul Islam Khan, Anna Hasemann, Adao Soares Barbosa and Saleemul Huq
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October, 2013
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Gabrielle Kissinger, Thinley Namgyel
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October, 2013
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Axel Michaelowa, Gebru Jember and El Hadji Mbaye Diagne
Publication Date:
September, 2013

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