INSIDER: Ministers to Advance Climate Negotiations and Keep the Spirit of the Paris Agreement Alive

The document identifies four primary areas of negotiation for COP24: resolving the impasse on climate finance, standardizing the communication of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), establishing a timetable for the Enhanced Transparency Framework, and defining the outcomes of the Talanoa Dialogue in light of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C.

• COP24 is expected to achieve three primary outcomes: the adoption of implementation guidelines for the Paris Agreement, signals that nations will increase climate commitments by 2020 following the IPCC 1.5°C assessment, and the maintenance of trust regarding the provision and accounting of finance.
• Negotiations on climate finance are currently stalled on two specific points: the handling of information from developed and contributor countries regarding future finance, and the creation of a process to determine the collective finance goal for the period after 2025, which follows the existing $100-billion-a-year commitment due by 2020.
• There is significant disagreement regarding the level of detail required in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for mitigation and adaptation, and how these guidelines differ for developed versus developing nations. Adaptation is particularly challenged by a lack of data and lagging methodologies compared to mitigation.
• The transition to the Enhanced Transparency Framework is hindered by varying capacity levels among developing countries, with fewer than 60 percent having submitted reports under existing requirements since January 2015. To ensure a uniform application date, developed countries must provide technology transfer, finance, and capacity building.
• The Talanoa Dialogue should result in COP decisions that acknowledge the IPCC report and encourage countries to update their NDCs by 2020, with the ultimate measure of success being public confirmation of intent to enhance these commitments at COP24.

APA

Dagnet, Y. (2018). INSIDER: Ministers to Advance Climate Negotiations and Keep the Spirit of the Paris Agreement Alive. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/insider-ministers-advance-climate-negotiations-and-keep-spirit-paris-agreement-alive

Chicago

Dagnet, Yamide. INSIDER: Ministers to Advance Climate Negotiations and Keep the Spirit of the Paris Agreement Alive. World Resources Institute, 2018. https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/insider-ministers-advance-climate-negotiations-and-keep-spirit-paris-agreement-alive.

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BibTeX

@techreport{dagnet2018insider, author = {Dagnet, Yamide}, title = {{INSIDER: Ministers to Advance Climate Negotiations and Keep the Spirit of the Paris Agreement Alive}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2018}, month = oct, url = {https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/insider-ministers-advance-climate-negotiations-and-keep-spirit-paris-agreement-alive}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }