Earth Negotiations Bulletin

The 2019 Chile/Madrid Climate Change Conference, the longest in UNFCCC history, failed to reach a consensus on the operationalization of Article 6 regarding market and non-market mechanisms. While the conference achieved progress on the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage and the Lima Work Programme on Gender, it was marked by significant disconnects between scientific demands for ambition and the limitations of multilateral negotiations. Key unresolved issues, including long-term climate finance and common time frames for NDCs, were deferred to future sessions under Rule 16.

• The conference failed to reach an agreement on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which concerns market and non-market mechanisms. The draft texts were forwarded to subsidiary bodies for further consideration in June 2020.
• The conference established the Santiago Network for Averting, Minimizing, and Addressing Loss and Damage to provide technical assistance to particularly vulnerable developing countries.
• Parties adopted an enhanced five-year Lima Work Programme and an annexed Gender Action Plan (GAP), while noting a persistent lack of women's representation in party delegations and constituted bodies.
• The COP decided that the second periodic review of the long-term global goal under the Convention will take place from the second half of 2020 through 2022, and will not result in a redefinition of the goal.
• Negotiations on long-term climate finance ended without consensus, leading to the application of Rule 16, which automatically includes the issue on the agenda for the next session.
• The COP adopted a decision regarding the Green Climate Fund (GCF), encouraging further pledges for the first formal replenishment and requesting the GCF to accelerate the disbursement of funds.
• The conference was the longest in the history of the UNFCCC, running nearly 44 hours overtime due to protracted ministerial-led discussions on outstanding issues.
• The COP requested the SBSTA Chair to convene dialogues at SBSTA 52 on the ocean and climate change, and on the relationship between land and adaptation.

APA

Allan, J. I., Antonich, B., Bansard, J., Luomi, M., & Soubry, B. (2019). Earth Negotiations Bulletin. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://enb.iisd.org/download/pdf/enb12775e.pdf

Chicago

Allan, Jennifer Iris, Beate Antonich, Jennifer Bansard, Mari Luomi, and Bernard Soubry. Earth Negotiations Bulletin. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2019. https://enb.iisd.org/download/pdf/enb12775e.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{allan2019earth, author = {Allan, Jennifer Iris and Antonich, Beate and Bansard, Jennifer and Luomi, Mari and Soubry, Bernard}, title = {{Earth Negotiations Bulletin}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2019}, month = dec, url = {https://enb.iisd.org/download/pdf/enb12775e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }