Submitted by Sergey Kolesnikov on Wed, 20/03/2024 - 12:08
In a recent guest post in Carbon Brief, CEENRG Fellow Dr Joanna Depledge analyses the challenge of consensus decision-making in the UN climate negotiations. The post explains in detail the origins of the consensus decision-making practice, dating back to the mid 1990s, and why governments were unable to agree on a majority voting rule. Dr Depledge analyses the complexities of “consensus”, how it has played out over time, and some of its repercussions on the climate negotiations. The post taps into a growing debate over decision-making in the UN climate negotiations, and whether it might be time for a new effort to adopt a voting rule.
Read the full post: Depledge, J. (2024). The challenge of consensus decision-making in UN climate negotiations. Carbon Brief.
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