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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Nous avons prepare ce guide de poche quie decrit le contexte dans lequel se deroulent les negociations et ou sont resumes les principaux problems que rencontrent les negociateurs, le tout assorti de trucs et de conseils pour bien se tirer d'affaire.

Author:
Joyeeta Gupta, Institute for Environmental Studies, Amsterdam
Publication Date:
September, 2007

This document provides on the one hand, a backpacker's guide to the negotiating context and on the other hand, sums up the key problems faced by negotiators and ways to deal with these problems.

Author:
Joyeeta Gupta, Institute of Environmental Studies, Amsterdam
Publication Date:
September, 2007

Technology Transfer - RED and CDM

from Technical Session 4

Author:
David Lesolle
Publication Date:
September, 2007

Results of Discussion on Capacity Building Needs

Author:
Tran Thuc (Vietnam)
Publication Date:
September, 2007

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries

Fellows¥ Recommendations; Oxford Seminar 2007

Author:
Manuel Estrada (Mexico)
Publication Date:
September, 2007

Possible Post 2012 CDM Key Challenges

Author:
David Lesolle (Botswana)
Publication Date:
September, 2007

How can international frameworks support domestic implementation?

Author:
Karsten Neuhoff (University of Cambridge)
Publication Date:
September, 2007

The Road to Bali: An analysis of the Vienna Climate Talks

Author:
J¸rgen Lefevere (EC)
Publication Date:
September, 2007

A map of the world reflecting the participants and venues of the ecbi network.

Ecbi World map

ecbi 2004-07 map of participants and venues

Author:
Benito Müller & Izabela
Publication Date:
June, 2007

Independent Evaluation of the ecbi

"the ecbi is judged to be a very good, effective programme. It fills a void

Author:
Rod Janssen
Publication Date:
May, 2007

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