For country commitments to form the basis of an effectively functioning agreement, a framework of international climate machinery needs to be built around them. (wri.org)
The analysis finds that a single policy tool — fossil fuel subsidy removal — could deliver emissions reductions equivalent to one - quarter of all current country commitments under the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. (priceofoil.org)
Australia could increase the likelihood of this outcome by making both an unconditional offer (say $ 1 billion a year by 2020) and an offer conditional on commitments from other countries (say $ 4 billion a year by 2020 if other countries commitments add up to $ 150 billion by 2020). (johnquiggin.com)