European Capacity Building Initiative

Latest publications

News coverage of ecbi event during the 2017 Oxford Fellowship and Seminar.
Author:
Natalie Brown
November 2017
Are we doing enough to address climate change? Are countries living up to their promises? Are some doing better than they pledged? Transparency is key for answering these questions. This ecbi Pocket Guide, updated in January 2018, traces the evolution of transparency arrangements under the UNFCCC right up to the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement. It addresses both transparency of action and of support, and suggests ways to strengthen both these important elements of the global...
Author:
Harro van Asselt, Romain Weikmans, and J.Timmons Roberts
January 2018
The Adaptation Communications can play a central role in identifying national needs and enabling international follow-up, while informing future action, driving ambition, and contributing information for the global stocktake. However, Parties to the Paris Agreement face a difficult balancing act while developing further guidance for the Communications, as they strive to make them useful and effective on one hand, and avoid placing an additional burden on countries (particularly those with...
Author:
Sven Harmeling, Alejandra López Carabajal & Irene Suárez Pérez
January 2018
Author:
Marianne Karlsen
August 2017
Author:
Stella Gama, In collaboration with Bridget Burns
August 2017

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