Many UNFCCC stakeholders see climate finance as one of the linchpins holding together the entire climate negotiation process, for several reasons. First, climate finance is key to closing gaps: delivering funds to implement mitigation and adaptation activities is required to ensure the highest possible efforts.
There is only one year left before the COP in Paris, where the Parties are expected to adopt a protocol β another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the UNFCCC β that is applicable to all Parties.
There are few political openings left to reassure developing countries that their domestic climate actions will receive commensurate international support. In this context, the COP in Lima is a critical opportunity to provide the necessary predictability, which is currently missing in the negotiations.
This guide maps several finance issues on the agenda of the COP and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol CMP , by providing information on the state of negotiations on those issues, in order to endow negotiators and other relevant stakeholders with key information to participate actively in the negotiations in Lima. Skip to main content. Related publications. UN Climate Conferences International climate cooperation The Climate Change Performance Index is an instrument supposed to enhance transparency in international climate politics.
On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 58 countries that are, together, responsible for more than 90 percent of global energy-related CO2 emissions. UN Climate Conferences Climate finance Publication search.
