The Paris Agreement confounds those looking for a top-down, one-size-fits all global solution. That’s because it’s a framework within which workable solutions can emerge, and a recent analysis from the Wuppertal Institute offers a simple allegory for explaining that. Think of it, they write, as an old ship coming out of drydock. It’s a work of beauty, but it won’t sail itself.
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Die jährliche Konferenz des internationalen Klimaregimes fand vom 2. bis 15. Dezember 2018 in Katowice (Polen) statt. Die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des Wuppertal Instituts waren vor Ort und veröffentlichen nach ihrer Kurzanalyse nun ihre detaillierte Analyse „Paris Agreement: Ship Moves Out of the Drydock“ mit den zentralen Konferenzergebnissen. Der Bericht diskutiert unter anderem auch andere aktuelle Klimaschutz-Aktivitäten staatlicher und nicht-staatlicher Akteurinnen und Akteure.
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On 15 December 2018, this year’s UN climate conference concluded with the adoption of the „Katowice Climate Package“. This set of decisions operationalises the 2015 Paris Agreement by setting out detailed guidelines on how to implement its various elements. Researchers from the Wuppertal Institute attended the conference and have now summarised the key outcomes of the negotiations. Their initial findings show that while COP24 in Katowice prepared the technical framework for climate action and thus marks a significant step forward, the mitigation ambitions of most major emitting countries still fall far short of what would be necessary. An in-depth analysis report will be published in January. …