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Conference of the Parties (number)
AOSIS EU LDCs Dev.ing (other) Umbrella Group
Fig.6.3 EvolutionofPartygroupings/coalitions.NoteDev.ing(other)referstoG77&Chinaminus
AOSIS. SourceOwnelaborationbasedonBöhmelt (2013)
Delegationscomposedofa smallnumberofpeopleonlyareunlikely topossess the
range of technical expertise needed to followdifferent negotiation streams and are
physicallyunabletocoversimultaneousorexhaustinglylongsessions(Chasek2005;
MichaelowaandMichaelowa2012).Thesmaller thedelegation, the less itwill also
beable toparticipate in the informalsideofUNFCCCnegotiations (where themost
contentiousissuesarelikelytobesolved)andtoexploitthenetworkingopportunities
offeredbyCOPs.
AOSIS’ “issue-specificpower” is evidentwhenconsidering the evolutionof the
group’s delegations at COPs. A comparison among the sizes of UNFCCCParty-
groupingsbetween1995and2011(ownelaborationbasedonBöhmelt (2013)6 con-
firmsAOSISas thesmallestone,with its size increasingat a slowerpacecompared
toothernon-Annex1Parties (Fig.6.3).7
Althoughsomeauthors consider sizeasan indicatorofbargaining skills (Weiler
2012), other non-material resources like knowledge and expertise influence Par-
ties’ capacity at thenegotiating table.Developingcountries are typically ascribeda
“capacity gap”, only partially alleviated by the support offered by non-state actors
(Schroeder et al. 2012). The case ofAOSIS is somewhat different as the personal
leadershipof its negotiators and the early engagement ofNGOsasknowledgebro-
kers turned thegroup intooneof themostvocalandproactive inclimate talks.This
is at least truewhen considering somekey issues like the 1.5 °C target, adaptation
andL&D, onwhich the group has beenmore cohesive.On topics of specific con-
cern,membershavestartedtoincreasinglynegotiateoutofthegroup,forinstanceon
6Latest availabledata.
7Weare aware that amore accurate considerationofAOSIS’ resource-endowment inL&Dnego-
tiationswould require disaggregated data on the number of delegates effectivelyworking on the
issue, tobecomparedwith their counterparts inothergroups.Unfortunately this informationdoes
notyet exist.
Loss and Damage from Climate Change
Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Titel
- Loss and Damage from Climate Change
- Untertitel
- Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Autoren
- Reinhard Mechler
- Laurens M. Bouwer
- Thomas Schinko
- Swenja Surminski
- JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer
- Verlag
- Springer Open
- Datum
- 2019
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-319-72026-5
- Abmessungen
- 16.0 x 24.0 cm
- Seiten
- 580
- Schlagwörter
- Environment, Climate change, Environmental law, Environmental policy, Risk management
- Kategorien
- International
- Naturwissenschaften Umwelt und Klima