Resilience to global crises: the UNFCCC climate regime

This research paper from the Stockholm Environment Institute argues that the UNFCCC climate regime's resilience to global crises depends on addressing structural inequities and power imbalances between the Global North and Global South, which were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Long-term resilience in climate negotiations requires addressing global power dynamics and colonial legacies embedded in geopolitics, necessitating a shift of power from the Global North to the Global South.
• The Covid-19 pandemic worsened existing inequities in the UNFCCC process, specifically hindering the participation of Global South representatives, marginalized groups, and civil society due to financial and technical gaps and travel restrictions, such as visa barriers.
• The pandemic eroded trust between the Global North and Global South because developed nations failed to meet climate finance targets while mobilizing domestic funds for COVID-19 and creating vaccine inequality. This has led to increased pressure from Global South countries for more funding for loss and damage and adaptation.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Resilience to global crises: the UNFCCC climate regime. https://www.sei.org/publications/resilience-global-crises-unfccc-climate/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Resilience to global crises: the UNFCCC climate regime. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/resilience-global-crises-unfccc-climate/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Resilience to global crises: the UNFCCC climate regime |date=10 November 2022 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/resilience-global-crises-unfccc-climate/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022resilience, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Resilience to global crises: the UNFCCC climate regime}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/resilience-global-crises-unfccc-climate/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }