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Sent: 30 April 2013 09:45
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Subject: How to build consensus in climate change negotiations
Dear climate-l readers,
Film and briefing paper on consensus in the climate change negotiations
As negotiators gather in Bonn, Germany for intersessional talks to the UNFCCC, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) brings you the latest recommendations from leading thinkers on How to build consensus in climate change negotiations? And they explore whether consensus in the UNFCCC is the way to save the planet.
The international climate talks are based on a holistic approach to a deal (nothing is achieved until everything is achieved) and consensus-based agreements. Reaching consensus involves understanding the multiple dimensions of a negotiation process: the dynamics of politics, negotiations and groups; as well as power, data and information.
In recognition of these difficulties, CDKN hosted an event in late 2012 to discuss ways of achieving a progressive, equitable, inclusive deal.
Seven expert speakers presented their ideas on how to improve agreement, cooperation and consensus-building in the UNFCCC to a panel of judges and voting audience. In this film<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cssu3_ehy8c&feature=player_embedded>, you can watch Bridget Burns, Robert Falkner, Jose Garibaldi, Mark Kenber, Christoph Swarte, Louise van Schaik, and Farhana Yamin explore :
* Fora for building consensus
* Configuration of UNFCCC negotiating groups
* Agreement by consensus vs. other means
* National climate change legislation
* The role of international law
* How social movements can help build consensus
* Equitable and diverse representation on national delegations
Watch the full film<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cssu3_ehy8c&feature=player_embedded> to hear the speakers pitch to the audience - and find out who the audience voted in first place, or watch this short<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS6zk0zAKnw&list=UUMJfQPWCY6HpDRGwiU6ayIQ> version.
This policy brief<http://cdkn.org/resource/how-to-build-consensus-in-climate-change-negotiations/?loclang=en_gb> by Simon Maxwell and Dan Hamza-Goodacre of CDKN and Kristy Buckley of Meridian Institute summarises key conclusions of the event:
* Despite some progress in the global talks, the specialist audience was generally sceptical about the prospects of 'business as usual' leading to a meaningful global deal by 2015.
* In the short-term, the quality of the negotiation process, and the chances of success, could be bolstered significantly if: there were a better gender balance and greater civil society representation in national delegations; country groupings were more flexible; and the whole 'narrative' was transformed from one of solving problems to seizing the exciting new opportunities offered by the move to a green economy and society.
* In the longer term, more structural changes to the negotiations should be considered, such as the move to qualified majority voting for some agenda items.
* There are options for making progress outside the negotiation process, such as the use of legal mechanisms.
* Whatever the shape of international negotiations, it is essential that progress is underpinned by strong national action in the form of legislation and specific action by governments and the private sector.
* And underpinning all of these, there is a need for stronger, better focused and 'smarter' civil society movements that can make the case for change.
Mairi Dupar | Global Public Affairs Coordinator | CDKN: Climate and Development Knowledge Network
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