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ecbi - The European Capacity Building Initiative


About ecbi

ecbi is an initiative for sustained capacity building in support of international climate change negotiations. The ecbi aims to promote a more level playing field between government delegations to the international climate change negotiations, and to facilitate mutual understanding and trust - both between European and developing countries and among the developing countries.

News
Least Developed, Most Vulnerable: Climate Finance Promises for LDCs

This paper includes a systematic review of the reports filed to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2012 of the nations that promised to provide this US$ 30 billion in FSF over the period. Expanding upon our FSF assessments for 2010 and 2011 and our 2011 transparency ...
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The 2015 Climate Agreement: Lessons from the Bali Road Map

A new climate agreement is expected to be negotiated by 2015 under the climate convention's Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP), or Durban Platform. The Platform provides a unique opportunity to plan holistically on a range of important issues including mitigation, ...
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ecbi Finance Circle Meets in Berlin

On March 11th, the Finance Circle met in Berlin attended by the two SCF Co-chairs (Antigua & Barbuda, and Switzerland), four SCF members (Australia, Belgium, Norway, and US), a GCFB alternate member (US), and representatives of five GCFB members/alternates (Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, ...
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The Oxford Approach:Operationalising ‘Respective Capabilities’

This ecbi Policy Brief by Benito Müller & Lavan Mahadeva serves as summary for policy makers of a technical report by the same authors published by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, available at the link below. Whether or not the regime emerging from the current negotiations under the UN ...
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ecbi Finance Circle meets in Doha

A meeting of the Finance Circle took place on December 4, 2012, during the second week of COP 18 at Doha. The meeting was shortened to accommodate participants’ schedule commitments in the negotiations. Discussions focused on how the FC could continue to serve as a useful platform for the ...
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Oxford - home of the ecbi project
 
Latest Publications
Least Developed, Most Vulnerable: April 2013
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The 2015 Climate Agreement: March 2013
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ecbi Finance Circle March 2013: March 2013
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The Oxford Approach: March 2013
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The Eight Unmet Promises of Fast-Start Climate Finance: November 2012
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"The ecbi provided an opportunity to understand the critical issues for developed country partners. Usually as a negotiator I considered only my priorities. Now I am better prepared and appreciate the need to drive consensus and compromise!"

David Lesolle, Botswana