{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"organization":["Carbon Market Watch"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":922,"relation":"eq"},"page":47,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?organization=carbon-market-watch&page=47","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"cmw-000904","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cmw-000904","title":"The need for 5 year Commitment Periods in the Paris Protocol: Why a “review” is inadequate","publisher":{"name":"Carbon Market Watch","organization":"carbon-market-watch"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/The-importance-of-5-year-CPs-and-why_international_FINAL_.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The policy brief contends that a 10-year commitment cycle for climate mitigation is too long and would lock in current low levels of ambition until 2030. 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