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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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The Adaptation Fund After Marrakech. OCP/ecbi Discussion Note
Publication Date:
January, 2017
Ambassador_Mekouar_2016
Ambassador for the Multilateral Negotiations
Publication Date:
September, 2016
Review and Communication Cycles - Options Note
Publication Date:
October, 2016
Shares of Proceeds and Crowdfunding
Publication Date:
October, 2016
Opportunities and Challenges
Publication Date:
October, 2016
The Paris Agreement’s capacity building provisions can be regarded as foundational for all other institutions, mechanisms and processes. This paper draws on a historical perspective on capacity building efforts, including those under the UNFCCC, to provide specific proposals with regard to the Paris Committee on Capacity Building and the Capacity Building Initiative on Transparency, and a broader perspective on the key ingredients for sustainable capacity building.
Publication Date:
October, 2016
