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After the adoption of the Paris Agreement the next focus of climate negotiations will be on its implementation. These negotiations are likely to be more technical to support countries in formulating national climate plans (NDCs), implementing these and reviewing progress. Past negotiations on the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol have shown that such technical negotiations may also require lengthy processes for a successful negotiation result. However, there is little time left to address climate change challenges. This paradox can be broken as many building blocks for implementation of the Paris Agreement already exist, so that negotiations can remain on pace.
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TNAs are country-driven assessments with the goal to support developing countries in prioritising technologies for mitigation and adaptation against their social, environment and economic priorities. TNAs are financially supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and managed by UNEP and the UNEP Danish Technical University Partnership. Over 90 TNAs were conducted between 1999 and 2009, which was followed by the Global TNA Project which started in 2009, and in which over 55 developing countries have thus far taken part (UNEP-DTU Partnership 2016).
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van der Gaast, W. (2017). Dealing with the Climate Negotiations Paradox. In: International Climate Negotiation Factors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46798-6_6
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