4 Priorities for the COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid

The briefing identifies four key priorities for COP25: increasing national climate ambition (NDCs), finalizing rules for international carbon markets and common time frames, reviewing the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage, and advancing climate finance and capacity-building. It emphasizes the need for environmentally sound rules for carbon trading and the importance of integrating social equity into climate policy to ensure a just transition.

• COP25 serves as a critical juncture to encourage large emitters to follow the lead of 68 countries that have already indicated intentions to enhance their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) by 2020.
• A primary technical priority is establishing rules for international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. These rules must prevent 'double counting'—where both buyer and seller claim the same reduction—and ensure that pre-2020 Kyoto Protocol credits are not carried forward to weaken post-2020 efforts.
• Negotiators are urged to agree on a common time frame for NDC implementation from 2031 to 2035 to align with the Paris Agreement's five-year ambition cycle, while allowing for some plans to use a longer 10-year frame.
• The conference will involve a performance review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM), focusing on its effectiveness in supporting vulnerable developing countries and the potential creation of a taskforce for loss and damage finance.
• Financial support for developing countries remains a critical gap; while 28 countries have pledged $9.7 billion to the Green Climate Fund's replenishment, further contributions are needed from the United States, Australia, and wealthy oil-producing states.

APA

World Resources Institute (2019). 4 Priorities for the COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid. https://www.wri.org/insights/4-priorities-cop25-climate-conference-madrid

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World Resources Institute. 4 Priorities for the COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid. 2019. https://www.wri.org/insights/4-priorities-cop25-climate-conference-madrid.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2019priorities, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{4 Priorities for the COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2019}, month = nov, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/4-priorities-cop25-climate-conference-madrid}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }