International Climate Negotiations – On the Road to Paris – Issues at Stake in View of COP 21
Study
16-11-2015
This study presents a brief history of the climate negotiations, with a focus on the preparations for a legally binding agreement, to be finalised at the climate change conference in Paris in December 2015. The positions of the main Parties, negotiating groups and other stakeholders are highlighted, as well as the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted during 2015. The study was provided by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).
Study
Executive summary
External author
Lorenz Moosmann, Katja Pazdernik, Andrea Prutsch and Klaus Radunsky
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Policy area
Keyword
- America
- Asia and Oceania
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- climate change policy
- economic conditions
- economic geography
- ECONOMICS
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- Europe
- GEOGRAPHY
- Group of 77
- India
- Indonesia
- international affairs
- international meeting
- international negotiations
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Japan
- least-developed country
- non-governmental organisation
- non-governmental organisations
- political geography
- Russia
- South Korea
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- United States
- world organisations