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The Enhanced Transparency Framework (Discussion Paper)

The Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) is a critical lever to building mutual confidence among Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and enhance international cooperation to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement (PA). December 2025 will …

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Issues and Options to Develop Modalities for the Baku Adaptation Roadmap

]The Baku Adaptation Roadmap (BAR), which was launched at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), aims to advance progress towards the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) under the Paris Agreement and support the implementation of Decision 2/CMA.5, paragraph 38 …

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The Proposal for a New Climate Change Council (Discussion Paper)

At the conclusion of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro last year, President Lula of Brazil proposed the establishment of a ‘Climate Change Council’ (the Council). While the proposal was not fully elaborated, reportedly the Council would be established …

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Increasing Efficiency in the UNFCCC Process

This paper was submitted to the UNFCCC on March 31, 2025. Summary The Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) has been discussing the challenges posed by the increasing scale of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conferences and approaches to …

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Assessing progress under the Sharm el-Sheikh Dialogue on Article 2.1(c) and its complementarity to Article 9

This paper was submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on March 21, 2025.

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Modalities for the first Sharm El-Sheikh Joint Work on Implementation of Climate Action on Agriculture and Food Workshop

The paper was submitted on February 28, 2025, to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) web portal for consideration ahead of the 62nd Subsidiary Bodies Meeting in June 2025.

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Why the COP29 Article 6 decision strengthens high-integrity carbon markets
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Key Negotiations & Related Outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku

Dubbed the “finance COP” for the milestone adoption of a New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (NCQG), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) held in Baku, Azerbaijan, achieved some success but …

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Adaptation, Loss & Damage at COP29: Some Progress Made, Much Remains
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ETA Secretariat Now Staffed and Fully Operational