Jennifer Huang Archives - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions https://www.c2es.org/profile/jennifer-huang/ Our mission is to secure a safe and stable climate by accelerating the global transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and a thriving, just, and resilient economy. Mon, 24 Oct 2022 20:56:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://www.c2es.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-C2ESfavicon-32x32.png Jennifer Huang Archives - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions https://www.c2es.org/profile/jennifer-huang/ 32 32 The Santiago Network: Decision Options for COP27 https://www.c2es.org/document/the-santiago-network-decision-options-for-cop27/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:48:12 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=15564 This paper presents options for each of the elements of a possible decision on the Santiago Network (SN) to be adopted at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), based on the draft element text considered at 56th Subsidiary Body meeting. These elements include: operational modalities (structure, roles, and necessary processes); the role(s) of the […]

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]]> This paper presents options for each of the elements of a possible decision on the Santiago Network (SN) to be adopted at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), based on the draft element text considered at 56th Subsidiary Body meeting. These elements include: operational modalities (structure, roles, and necessary processes); the role(s) of the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) Executive Committee (ExCom) and its expert groups, task force, and technical expert groups; the role of loss and damage (L&D) contact points and other relevant stakeholders at the subnational, national, and regional level; possible elements for the terms of reference (TORs) of a potential convening or coordinating body that may provide secretarial services to facilitate work under the SN; funding; and selection processes.

Many choices are interrelated; choosing one option will affect or determine other options. For instance, whether to establish the SN under WIM and/or ExCom is the determining factor for the role of ExCom in the SN. 

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]]> Loss and Damage: Issues and Options for COP27 https://www.c2es.org/document/loss-and-damage-issues-and-options-for-cop27/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 17:08:08 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=15006 To respond to the urgency of enhancing understanding, action, and support necessary to meet the extreme challenges of climate change, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) need to accelerate action and support for loss and damage (L&D). How L&D is addressed in 2022 will be a key determinant to a […]

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]]> To respond to the urgency of enhancing understanding, action, and support necessary to meet the extreme challenges of climate change, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) need to accelerate action and support for loss and damage (L&D). How L&D is addressed in 2022 will be a key determinant to a successful outcome at COP27. In that context, this paper provides background and poses options and questions around four key L&D issues: 

  • the development of the institutional arrangements of the Santiago Network 
  • the Glasgow Dialogue 
  • the institutional ecosystem for L&D 
  • L&D in the global stocktake. 

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]]> The Global Goal on Adaptation: Issues for COP26 https://www.c2es.org/document/the-global-goal-on-adaptation-issues-for-cop26/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:34:56 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=13892 Adaptation continues to be a high priority, and the delivery on adaptation-related topics and mandates will be integral to achieving a successful outcome at COP26. Adaptation under the Paris Agreement has several important features that together create a system that strengthens national adaptation action and international cooperation and support for adaptation. A particular emerging issue […]

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]]> Adaptation continues to be a high priority, and the delivery on adaptation-related topics and mandates will be integral to achieving a successful outcome at COP26. Adaptation under the Paris Agreement has several important features that together create a system that strengthens national adaptation action and international cooperation and support for adaptation. A particular emerging issue for COP26 is the global goal on adaptation (GGA). This paper provides context and poses questions on defining the GGA.

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]]> Loss & Damage: Issues for COP26 https://www.c2es.org/document/loss-damage-issues-for-cop26/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:28:23 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=13882 Parties have expressed interest in building out more effective implementation of the action and support for loss and damage (L&D). The interest in accelerating action and support for L&D has expressed itself in relation to three issues:  The development of the Santiago Network (SN)  The governance of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage […]

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]]> Parties have expressed interest in building out more effective implementation of the action and support for loss and damage (L&D). The interest in accelerating action and support for L&D has expressed itself in relation to three issues: 

  • The development of the Santiago Network (SN) 
  • The governance of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (mandated agenda item) 
  • The call to scale up finance to avert, minimize, and address L&D. 

This paper provides context to and poses questions on these issues. 

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]]> Climate Finance: Issues for COP26 https://www.c2es.org/document/climate-finance-issues-for-cop26/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:53:33 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=13166 Climate finance refers to the local, national, or transnational financing that supports mitigation and adaptation actions to address climate change. It can be drawn from public, private, and alternative sources of financing. In accordance with the principles of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), developed country Parties are to provide financial resources to […]

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]]> Climate finance refers to the local, national, or transnational financing that supports mitigation and adaptation actions to address climate change. It can be drawn from public, private, and alternative sources of financing. In accordance with the principles of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), developed country Parties are to provide financial resources to assist developing countries in implementing the objectives of the UNFCCC. The Convention and the Paris Agreement call for financial assistance from those Parties with more financial resources to those that are less endowed and more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Climate finance will be a key determinant of success for COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. There are many finance-related items that will impact COP26, including delivery of the US$100 billion goal and the longterm finance (LTF) program, which was due to come to an end in 2020; as well as the initiation of deliberations on a new post-2025 climate finance goal.

This brief considers the following issues in relation to how they might be addressed at COP26:

  • the long-term climate finance regime during the 2020–25 transition
  • launching deliberations on the post-2025 finance goal.

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]]> Transparency of Action: Issues for COP 26 https://www.c2es.org/document/transparency-of-action-issues-for-cop-26/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:58:10 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=13113 At COP24 in Katowice, Poland, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) adopted a detailed set of modalities, procedures, and guidelines (MPGs) to operationalize the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework (ETF). The MPGs establish the methodologies to be used by Parties in their reporting and […]

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]]> At COP24 in Katowice, Poland, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) adopted a detailed set of modalities, procedures, and guidelines (MPGs) to operationalize the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework (ETF). The MPGs establish the methodologies to be used by Parties in their reporting and review under the ETF. The CMA decision laid out remaining technical work for Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to develop for adoption by COP26 in Glasgow. While some of the technical work has progressed, other areas require further focused work. This brief considers the following issues:

  1. addressing flexibility in relation to the national inventory report tables Parties will use in reporting on their greenhouse gas inventories
  2. the applicability of the structured summary formats that report progress toward a Party’s nationally determined contribution
  3. making progress on transparency in 2021 in the broader context of the Paris Agreement’s ambition.

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]]> NDC ‘snapshot’ raises pressure on Biden climate summit https://www.c2es.org/2021/03/ndc-snapshot-raises-pressure-on-biden-climate-summit/ https://www.c2es.org/2021/03/ndc-snapshot-raises-pressure-on-biden-climate-summit/#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:04:15 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=12780 The post NDC ‘snapshot’ raises pressure on Biden climate summit appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2021/03/ndc-snapshot-raises-pressure-on-biden-climate-summit/feed/ 0 Understanding ‘Nationally Determined Contributions’ Under the Paris Agreement https://www.c2es.org/document/understanding-nationally-determined-contributions-under-the-paris-agreement/ Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:02:52 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=12717 The core of obligation of parties to the Paris Agreement is to undertake a “nationally determined contribution” (NDC) toward the global response to global change. Parties presently are preparing and submitting their second round of NDCs stipulating their respective efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through 2030. This fact sheet answers some frequently asked questions […]

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]]> The core of obligation of parties to the Paris Agreement is to undertake a “nationally determined contribution” (NDC) toward the global response to global change. Parties presently are preparing and submitting their second round of NDCs stipulating their respective efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through 2030. This fact sheet answers some frequently asked questions about nationally determined contributions.

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]]> Transparency helps the world see Paris action clearly https://www.c2es.org/2020/12/transparency-helps-the-world-see-paris-action-clearly/ https://www.c2es.org/2020/12/transparency-helps-the-world-see-paris-action-clearly/#respond Thu, 17 Dec 2020 15:58:44 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=12471 The post Transparency helps the world see Paris action clearly appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2020/12/transparency-helps-the-world-see-paris-action-clearly/feed/ 0 The ‘Signaling’ Effect of the Paris Agreement https://www.c2es.org/document/the-signaling-effect-of-the-paris-agreement/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:26:11 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=12427 Multilateral agreements generally pertain to the actions of national governments. The Paris Agreement, for instance, sets collective goals and spells out the obligations of the national governments that join it – the most important being the development and implementation of their “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs). However, unlike most other multilateral agreements, the influence of the […]

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]]> Multilateral agreements generally pertain to the actions of national governments. The Paris Agreement, for instance, sets collective goals and spells out the obligations of the national governments that join it – the most important being the development and implementation of their “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs). However, unlike most other multilateral agreements, the influence of the Paris Agreement extends well beyond the purview of national governments. Across societies, a wide range of other actors – state and local authorities, companies, workers, faith organizations, educational and cultural institutions, and others – are internalizing the goals of the Paris Agreement and orienting their actions accordingly. This proliferation of bottom-up, Paris-aligned action helps achieve, and strengthen, countries’ NDCs. In the United States, it has maintained momentum toward the Paris goals even as the Trump administration was withdrawing from the agreement. Over time, this indirect “signaling” effect of the Paris Agreement may be as decisive as its direct influence on national governments in catalyzing an ambitious global response. This brief highlights a broad range of climate actions across many spheres of society inspired by the Paris Agreement.

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