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Negotiating the 2015 Climate Agreement: Issues relating to Legal Form and Nature

July 11, 2015
11 July 2015
Negotiating the 2015 Climate Agreement: Issues relating to Legal Form and Nature
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Listen to the audio recording of the presentations (above) addressing two fundamental legal issues that need to be resolved in order to ensure the effectiveness of a 2015 climate agreement. These include i) resolving the precise legal form this agreement will take; and ii) determining the legal nature of the ‘nationally determined contributions’ Parties are expected to submit in the context of the 2015 agreement.

The seminar features Dr Lavanya Rajamani, Research Professor at CPR; Ambassador Chandrashekar Dasgupta, IFS (Retired) and Former Indian Negotiator; and Luther M Rangreji, Associate Professor, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asia University, and also Former Indian Negotiator.

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