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Learn lessons from EU to make Paris Agreement success warn experts
https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/-/learn-lessons-from-eu-to-make-paris-agreement-a-success-warn-scientists[font face=Serif][font size=5]Learn lessons from EU to make Paris Agreement success warn experts[/font]
[font size=4]Scientists have warned that high hopes for the success of the Paris Agreement could be dashed if lessons aren’t learnt from the challenges and experiences of climate monitoring in Europe.[/font]
[font size=3]The long term success of the Agreement depends on the availability of well-designed and functioning monitoring and review mechanisms, according to a study published today (16 November) in the journal Climate Policy.
As the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) in Marrakech draws to a close, researchers from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) stress that, without strong, credible monitoring and transparency procedures, national pledges to address climate change in the spirit of the 2015 Paris Agreement will not build sufficient global trust.
The study looks closely at the EU’s experience with monitoring national climate policies in order to understand what challenges may arise in ensuring transparency. The EU has one of the most advanced monitoring systems in the world – but it still encounters persistent challenges that, crucially, could jeopardize the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The international community should therefore draw on the EU’s valuable experiences and also difficulties in monitoring climate policies in order to develop the practice further.
The research identified that the EU’s current approach to monitoring climate policies – largely borrowed from monitoring greenhouse gases, which is a vastly different task – has not supported in depth learning and debate on the performance of individual policies. Other important obstacles include political concerns over the costs of reporting, control, and the perceived usefulness of the information produced.
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[font size=4]Scientists have warned that high hopes for the success of the Paris Agreement could be dashed if lessons aren’t learnt from the challenges and experiences of climate monitoring in Europe.[/font]
[font size=3]The long term success of the Agreement depends on the availability of well-designed and functioning monitoring and review mechanisms, according to a study published today (16 November) in the journal Climate Policy.
As the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) in Marrakech draws to a close, researchers from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) stress that, without strong, credible monitoring and transparency procedures, national pledges to address climate change in the spirit of the 2015 Paris Agreement will not build sufficient global trust.
The study looks closely at the EU’s experience with monitoring national climate policies in order to understand what challenges may arise in ensuring transparency. The EU has one of the most advanced monitoring systems in the world – but it still encounters persistent challenges that, crucially, could jeopardize the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The international community should therefore draw on the EU’s valuable experiences and also difficulties in monitoring climate policies in order to develop the practice further.
The research identified that the EU’s current approach to monitoring climate policies – largely borrowed from monitoring greenhouse gases, which is a vastly different task – has not supported in depth learning and debate on the performance of individual policies. Other important obstacles include political concerns over the costs of reporting, control, and the perceived usefulness of the information produced.
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