Nairobi 2006 : trust and the future of adaptation funding

Working paper

The decision at the recent UN climate change conference in Nairobi to adopt a 'one-country-one-vote' procedure for the governance of the Kyoto Protocol Adaptation Fund could help secure political acceptance for that fund, particularly among the many small and weaker constituents. But only if voting can be guaranteed. This paper argues that in order to safeguard the voice of these constituents, the voting procedure should be augmented by the right for (groups of) countries to force a ...

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Authors: Müller, B

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Publisher's website
• Series: OIES paper
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• Paper number: EV38
• ISBN: 190179556X
• Language: English
• Keywords: UNFCCC; voting; climate change finance; Nairobi; China; Kyoto protocol; clean development mechanism; OIES; GEF; G77; CDM; adaptation fund