Innovation and Compromise in the Paris Agreement: A model for the future?

At the twenty-fourth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2018, Parties adopted the so-called Paris “rulebook,” a set of key implementation guidelines called for in the Paris Agreement. Following this pivotal meeting, a roundtable of experts will discuss the innovative structural features of the Paris Agreement and its rulebook; highlight compromises necessary for achieving consensus; and identify key challenges for its implementation. Have the innovations and compromises succeeded in formulating an effective response to climate challenges? Does the structure of the Paris Agreement provide the best framework for addressing the collective action challenges of climate change? What is the role of non-state or sub-national actors in the implementation of the Agreement, and what lessons from Paris can be applied to cooperation across non-Parties? Is the traditional form of binding multilateral environmental agreements between states a thing of the past? And what can the Paris model teach us for tackling other collective action on environmental challenges confronting the world today?

Panelist(s):
Dan Bodansky (Moderator)
Julie Cerqueira (Speaker)
Rueanna Haynes (Speaker)
Todd Stern (Speaker)
Christina Voigt (Speaker)