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Video: treaty research climate negotiators should know about

FIELD Executive Director Joy Hyvarinen explains in this 3.5 minute video why new research about treaties by Professor Jean Galbraith is very important for the climate change negotiations.

17 May 2013

Irrational treaty makers: must-read research for architects of new climate agreement

A FIELD article highlights treaty research findings by Professor Jean Galbraith. The findings show that states do not act rationally when negotiating and ratifying treaties, but have biases that can be predicted. This has important implications for UNFCCC negotiations on the 2015 climate change agreement.

3 May 2013

New RSPB & FIELD report

A first-ever analysis of environmental laws across all UK Overseas Territories, commissioned by the RSPB and undertaken in collaboration with FIELD, shows some good practice, but also reveals serious flaws in the legislation that should protect some of the most important places for UK wildlife.

14 March 2013

Climate change and global justice: lessons from transitional justice?

A new article on Climate change and global justice: lessons from transitional justice? by Joy Hyvarinen asks if ideas related to transitional justice could inform international approaches to climate change.

12 March 2013

UNFCCC 2013-2015 review

A new FIELD paper identifies three essential elements for the review which may decide a new goal for reducing climate change.

FIELD argues that scientific integrity, transparency and consideration of human security impacts on the most vulnerable countries and communities should be priorities in the review process.

4 March 2013

UN 2015 high-level panel and climate change

Will the UN high-level panel on post-2015 development ignore climate change? In a new comment FIELD argues that the panel must take impacts on poor countries into account.

The panel, appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is co-chaired by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and the Presidents of Indonesia and Liberia.

22 February 2013

FIELD comment on UK lawmakers' report

Read FIELD’s response to the International Development Committee report on development goals post-2015. The report fails to recognize climate change as a huge development challenge.

25 January 2013

Advancing the climate negotiations

A new paper by Joy Hyvarinen considers opportunities for advancing the climate negotiations and related issues. This includes the expert dialogue on the 2013-2015 review, ministerial events, loss and damage, and equity.

The paper points out the importance of the expert dialogue that is meant to ensure the scientific integrity of the 2013-2015 review, noting that this may be a challenge for the two co-facilitators.

15 January 2013