Questions: Summary:  The mandate of the CTCN – established at COP 16 (decision 1/CP.16) – includes a requirement to facilitate the provision of information.  Subsequent decisions, notably those adopting the CTCN’s functions and modalities, have detailed the breadth of this provision. Since COP 19, the CTCN has a clear duty to …

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The advisory opinions on States’ obligations with respect to climate change delivered by the ITLOS, IACtHR and the ICJ consider many important legal elements that are relevant to the UNFCCC negotiations. Ahead of COP 30, LRI prepared an explainer to brief negotiators on the important findings of three major international courts. This explainer …

The advisory opinions on States’ obligations with respect to climate change delivered by the ITLOS, IACtHR and the ICJ consider many important legal elements that are relevant to the UNFCCC negotiations. Ahead of COP 30, LRI prepared an explainer to brief negotiators on the important findings of three major international courts.

This memorandum addresses three queries regarding the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) obligations to consider guidance from the Conference of the Parties (COP), the nature of the relationship between COP and GCF, and the mechanisms available to ensure that all relevant guidance is brought to the GCF’s attention and considered by it.  Query:  …