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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Form & Characteristics of the 2015 Agreement

Author:
LRI
Publication Date:
August, 2013

Climate Negotiations – Legal Workshop

Author:
Legal Response Initiative
Publication Date:
September, 2013
Author:
Benito Müller Harro van Asselt, Cristina Carreiras, and Kaveh Guilanpour
Publication Date:
March, 2016

Introduction to international climate finance

Author:
Benito Müller, Oxford Climate Policy
Publication Date:
July, 2016

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Author:
Penda KANTE-THIAM
Publication Date:
July, 2016

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Survol de la preparation aux négociations internationales

Author:
Mamadou HONADIA
Publication Date:
July, 2016

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Adaptation et Pertes et Préjudices

Author:
Mamadou HONADIA
Publication Date:
July, 2016

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Author:
Sushi Barakat
Publication Date:
July, 2016

Joint Submission to the Green Climate Fund Board

Author:
Benito Müller, with Diann Black-Lane, Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Cheikh Sylla, and Anders Wallberg
Publication Date:
April, 2016

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How to enhance mitigation ambition under the Paris Agreement

Author:
Benito Müller
Publication Date:
September, 2016

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