A European Perspective: Adequacy of the Paris Agreement towards Facilitating Global Decarbonisation
Side event at COP23 in the EU Pavilion - presenting first results of the COP21: RIPPLES research project
Side event at COP23 in the EU Pavilion - presenting first results of the COP21: RIPPLES research project
COP21: RIPPLES is a project funded under the EU's Horizon2020 research programme. The project focuses on low-carbon transition and socio-economic implications of the Paris Agreement and the role of international governance.
The event will present the first findings and provide an overview of the ongoing work. Furthermore, the event will discuss how to analyse the Paris Agreement outcomes, with focus on NDCs and how international governance can address sectoral transformation challenges; and it will detail the core challenges and functions of international governance of climate mitigation and what this means for the new strategic context of EU climate policy.
Speakers include: Roberta Pierfederici (IDDRI), Fabio Sferra (Climate Analytics), Dr. Georg Zachmann (Breugel), Prof. Dr. Sebastian Oberthür (Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussels), Lukas Hermwille (Reseach Fellow, Wuppertal Institute)
The event is hosted in the EU Pavilion (registration for the Bonn Zone required).