Published Documents
Taking stock - the emissions level implied by the pledges to the Copenhagen Accord - Briefing paper, February 2010. An analysis of the emissions reduction proposals put forward by Parties to the UNFCCC as part of the Copenhagen Accord process. The paper assesses how consistent these proposals are with the objective of setting the world on a path to 450 parts per million or less of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. This is an update to the paper produced on 7 December 2009 for the Copenhagen conference
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Potential uses of ‘Fast Start’ funding in 2010-12 - Briefing paper, December 2009. This document assesses the potential for fast start funding in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and identifies high-impact, ready to go opportunities across the developing world capable of efficiently making use of financial flows over the period 2010-2012.
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Finding solutions for clean technology transfer - Briefing paper, December 2009.This document focuses on the objective of transferring clean technologies to the developing world in order to shed light upon the various initiatives that could have a meaningful impact.
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Towards a global climate agreement - Synthesis paper. This report summarises Project Catalyst's analysis and core messages
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Scaling up Climate Finance - Finance briefing paper, September 2009. This document focuses on the ramp up of financing requirements for developing countries over the 2010-20 period and assesses the role carbon markets and public finance can play in meeting that requirement |
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Scaling up Climate Finance - Summary of finance briefing paper, September 2009
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Setting a Benchmark: How Developed Countries Might Equitably Contribute Towards a 450 ppm Pathway (Briefing paper). An assessment of the commitments that individual developed countries have made in order to keep global temperatures from rising above 2 degrees Celsius. For a presentation, follow this link.
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Low Carbon Growth Plans - Advancing Good Practice. This document reviews recent low-carbon growth plans put forward by countries to drive domestic mitigation and adaptation action and highlights the lessons learned from this experience. For a list of official country-specific low carbon growth plans, follow this link.
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Enshrining low carbon growth plans in the Copenhagen agreement. A proposal for including low carbon growth plans in the negotiating text.
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Financing Global Action on Climate Change – Finance Briefing paper, working draft August 2009. A focus on the financing requirements and institutional architecture required to support adaptation and mitigation in developing countries.
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The business case for a strong global deal - Business-focused synthesis paper. This report highlights Project Catalyst's core messages to the global business community on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Working Group papers Limiting atmospheric CO2e to 450ppm - the mitigation challenge. Summary of findings from the Mitigation Working Group (March 2009) |
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Towards the inclusion of forest-based mitigation in a global climate agreement. Summary of findings from the Forestry Working Group (March 2009 |
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Adaptation to climate change: potential costs and choices for a global agreement. Summary of findings from the Adaptation Working Group (March 2009) |
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Enabling technologies for low carbon growth. Summary of findings from the Technology Working Group (March 2009) |
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Using effective carbon mitigation policy to reach emission target. Summary of findings from the Mitigation Working Group (March 2009) |
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