Global Climate Policy Conference 2015

The Global Climate Policy Conference 2015 explored innovative research-driven approaches to climate action, focusing on the intersection of development, adaptation, carbon pricing, and state accountability. Key discussions highlighted the need for a 'club' approach to carbon pricing and technology, the importance of microfinance and local capacity in adaptation, and the role of basic energy research in breaking the link between emissions and economic growth.

• A comprehensive approach to global climate justice requires linking the differentiation of mitigation responsibilities with specific metrics and analysis of on-the-ground development needs, specifically using energy use as a basis for quantifying these needs.
• Modern re-examination of debt-for-climate swaps, where national debt relief is used to unlock funds for mitigation and adaptation, could invigorate climate finance conversations, drawing on past successes in Poland and proposals from Indonesia.
• Climate adaptation finance is currently underdeveloped compared to mitigation, with 91% of climate finance flows directed toward mitigation. A proposed microfinance framework suggests leveraging private-sector innovation and ICT to increase adaptation efforts.
• Effective technology transfer to developing countries cannot follow a 'one size fits all' model due to diverse national needs and circumstances; intellectual property rights (IPR) remain a significant barrier to large-scale transfer.
• Holding states accountable for their nationally determined contributions depends on transparency—defined as access to data on government actions—and the existence of internal accountability mechanisms within states.
• A 'club' or networked approach to climate solutions, combining carbon pricing, technology research funding, and border carbon adjustments (BCAs), could provide greater benefits to members than unilateral actions and bypass the deadlock of the broader multilateral framework.
• Probabilistic event attribution using statistical models can now provide evidence of climate change's role in extreme events, though these studies have historically focused on developed countries and need to be expanded to the Global South.
• To resolve the deadlock in international negotiations, the perceived link between reducing emissions and lower economic growth must be broken, which can be achieved through a drastic increase in basic energy research funding.

APA

Climate Strategies (2015). Global Climate Policy Conference 2015. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NewResearchforEffectiveAction11151-2.pdf

Chicago

Climate Strategies. Global Climate Policy Conference 2015. 2015. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NewResearchforEffectiveAction11151-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatestrategies2015global, author = {{Climate Strategies}}, title = {{Global Climate Policy Conference 2015}}, institution = {Climate Strategies}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NewResearchforEffectiveAction11151-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }