Climate Change
Energy Transition in a Changing Arab World?
Discussing Human Development Requirements for Future Large-Scale Renewable Energy projects in the MENA region
This paper is based on the inputs given by different civil society actors during the workshop “Energy transition in a changing Arab World? Discussing human development requirements for future large scale RE projects in the MENA region” at the World Social Forum in Tunis in 2013. Based on the questions that arose during the workshop it must be stated, that low levels of civil society participation, information and transparency within the realization and communication of Desertec are still causing many question marks, concerns and doubts among the civil society in the Southern Mediterranean. >> mehr
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Independent insights from vulnerable developing countries
Making the Adaptation Fund work for the most vulnerable
This publication summarises the state of play in the Adaptation Fund and the key experiences of members of the Adaptation Fund NGO Network, at international policy level as well as within developing countries. >> mehr
Green Climate Fund 3
A Germanwatch presessional briefing
The third meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board is scheduled for the 12th to the 15th of March (in Berlin) and represents a critical juncture for the work of the GCF Board. The discussions on the core modalities to operationalize its objectives, also subsumed under the term "Business Model Framework", will be at the centre of the... >> mehr
Standing Committee on Finance #3
A Germanwatch report on the outcomes of the 3rd meeting
The third meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) took place in Bonn from the 8th to the 10th March 2013. The SCF has been established by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC to assist the Conference of Parties (COP) in exercising its functions with respect to the financial mechanism of the Convention. Certain outcomes... >> mehrGermanwatch Adaptation Committee Report
Head start towards implementation of three year’s work programme
The Adaptation Committee (AC) under the UNFCCC met for the second time from 5th to 8th of March in Bonn. The Committee, founded as part of the Cancun Adaptation Framework by the climate summit in 2010, is the world primary body to... >> mehr
Adaptation Committee #2
A Germanwatch pre-sessional briefing on the AC´s second meeting
The second meeting of the Adaptation Committee represents a critical juncture for its work. The AC – the UNFCCC’s primary advisory body on matters related to adaptation – will have a head start to implement its recently endorsed 3 years work plan... >> mehr
It's Springtime in the Desert
Safeguarding the Sustainable Implementation of the DESERTEC Concept
This paper provides an overview of discussions on how to safeguard the sustainable implementation of the DESERTEC concept through the application of a sustainability framework. >> mehrReport on the 19th Meeting of Adaptation Fund
The Adaptation Fund (AF) was established under the Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in order to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries affected by the global climate change. This report summarises the key decisions taken during the 19th meeting (December 11 to 14) of the Adaptation Fund Board. >> mehr
The Climate Change Performance Index 2013
A comparison of the 58 top CO2 emitting nations
The Climate Change Performance Index is an instrument supposed to enhance transparency in international climate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 58 countries that are, together, responsible for more than 90 percent of global energy-related CO2 emissions. >> mehr
