Key Highlights: 2024 is an important year for transparency in the international climate regime. By the end of the year, the first biennial transparency reports (BTRs) are due under the Paris Agreement’s new enhanced transparency framework. At COP29 there will be much buzz around these new transparency reports. But there are also other important transparencyContinue reading “COP29 and the Politics of Transparency: Four Crucial Issues to Watch”
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Climate transparency at COP28: What is (back/soon-not-anymore) on the agenda?
Various transparency related negotiations and events are on the agenda for COP28. In this blogpost I provide a brief overview of four key agenda items. With the transition to the enhanced transparency framework in 2024 around the corner, negotiations at this COP provide an opportunity to shape the new and revisit the old. 1. Continue reading “Climate transparency at COP28: What is (back/soon-not-anymore) on the agenda?”
Transparency at COP27: Five key outcomes
Before COP27 we published this blogpost outlining 5 key processes related to transparency to follow. This blogpost reflects on the key outcomes. 1. The voluntary review of adaptation (and loss and damage) information: agreed! As we reported in our pre-COP27 blog, under current transparency rules, there is no provision for technical review of information submittedContinue reading “Transparency at COP27: Five key outcomes”
Transparency at COP27: follow these five processes
COP27 is around the corner. What to expect for transparency negotiations? At first glance, it may seem like intensive transparency negotiations are now a thing of the past. The rules for the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement are described by the Modalities, procedures and guidelines from Katowice and the reporting guidance from Glasgow.Continue reading “Transparency at COP27: follow these five processes “
Transparency – a positive force for good in climate governance? Debating TRANSGOV project themes at launch event
In the midst of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the four-year TRANSGOV research project organized a launch event at the Earth System Governance Virtual Forum, an annual meeting that brings together a community of researchers and practitioners within the domain of earth system and sustainability governance. TRANSGOV stands for ‘Transformative Potential of Transparency in Climate Governance’.Continue reading “Transparency – a positive force for good in climate governance? Debating TRANSGOV project themes at launch event”
Launch event at the Earth System Governance Virtual Forum
On September 17th, 14-15:30 CET, the TRANSGOV project is hosting a launch event at the Earth System Governance Virtual Forum. We are proud to welcome a selection of high-profile researchers and policy experts who will present in this semi-plenary on the Transformative Potential of Transparency in Global Climate Governance. The aims of this session areContinue reading “Launch event at the Earth System Governance Virtual Forum”
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