European Capacity Building Initiative

The 2015 Climate Agreement

Lessons from the Bali Road Map

Publication Date: 
March, 2013
Author: 
Xolisa Ngwadla, Achala C.Abeysinghe and Adéyêmi Freitas
Summary text: 

This paper draws on lessons from the concluded Bali Road Map negotiations to reflect on possible approaches to commitments in the 2015 agreement and its legal form, the shift from a ëtop-downí to a ëpledge and reviewí approach to commitments, and the seemingly paradoxical relationship between the nature of commitments and the effectiveness of the regime.

Short Summary: 

This paper draws on lessons from the concluded Bali Road Map negotiations to reflect on possible approaches to commitments in the 2015 agreement and its legal form.

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Source: 
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