MRV of Emissions and Mitigation Action: the Paris Agreement and Financial Support for Transparency- Related Capacity Building in Developing Countries

Alexandraki, Chrysa

doi:10.1163/18786561-10030004

Reference : MRV of Emissions and Mitigation Action: the Paris Agreement and Financial Support for...


	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Law, criminology & political science : European & international law
	Focus Areas :	Sustainable Development
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44534

Title :	MRV of Emissions and Mitigation Action: the Paris Agreement and Financial Support for Transparency- Related Capacity Building in Developing Countries
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Alexandraki, Chrysa [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Law (DL) >]
Publication date :	18-Nov-2020
Journal title :	Climate Law
Publisher :	IOS Press
Volume :	10
Issue/season :	3-4
Special issue title :	Legal Approaches to Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Transparency of Mitigation Action
Pages :	308-334
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1878-6553
e-ISSN :	1878-6561
Country :	Netherlands
Keywords :	[en] climate finance ; transparency-related capacity ; capacity building ; monitoring, reporting, verification (MRV) ; Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF)
Abstract :	[en] This article examines the role of the Paris Agreement in enabling developed-country financial contributions aimed at building transparency-related capacity in developing countries. It first analyses the legal means and institutional arrangements utilized by the Agreement to support developing countries in building transparency-related capacity. It then argues that even though the Agreement adopts certain legal and institutional means to foster transparency-related capacity building in developing countries through financial support, it does so in a way that risks undermining the meaningful and accountable use of climate finance, while softening the bindingness of the Agreement’s provisions. The lack of accountability obligations on climate finance for developing countries, the principle of flexibility, and the challenges intrinsic to climate finance, combine to weaken the climate-finance obligation, while calling into question the effectiveness of the Agreement.
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44534
DOI :	10.1163/18786561-10030004

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