1. Climate Change Expert Group www.oecd.org/env/cc/ccxg.htm
Gilberto Arias and Paul Watkinson
Breakout Group A
Designing a flexible and durable 2015
agreement
CCXG Global Forum
19 March 2014
2. 2 Climate Change Expert Group
Key emerging themes (1 of 2)
Emphasis on co-operation, incentives, inclusiveness,
facilitation
Language: perhaps “adjustments” not the best term
Review-ist and transformation-ist schools of thought
Difficult to change outcomes of domestic policy
making processes once completed
Need long term perspective, context of 2 degree
curve, encourage early action
3. 3 Climate Change Expert Group
Key emerging themes (2 of 2)
Calls for clarification of time frames, successive
contribution periods could have complementary
functions
Information on implementation of actions and
adherence is an important policy lever
Need more creative ways to discourage backsliding –
moratoriums, safety valves, facilitative mechanisms,
rebalancing of packages of contributions
Agreement to embrace role of non-UNFCCC actors
Process will be started not completed in 2015,
consider “potential” of the 2015 agreement