Bristol University Press
4 From Paris to Katowice: Moving from Agenda Setting to Recommendations
Abstract
This chapter presents a continuation of the overview and analysis of the second chapter. The story is picked up at the close of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris negotiations, which, in the form of the decision of 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21), created a specific entity to work on the issue of migration and climate change and thus marked the beginning of a new era of policy making in this area. This analysis covers the time period from 2015 until the end of 2018, when this entity—the Task Force on Displacement—presented its recommendations. As is to be expected from a highly technical UNFCCC entity, the recommendations of the Task Force are highly technical, and include proposals for extending the Task Force; providing information on intended financial support; creating synergies with other areas of the work plan; and upporting developing countries in integrating displacement concerns into their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the UNFCCC. Despite events from the UNFCCC both setting the scene for and closing the chapter, a marked difference from the first fifteen episodes detailed in the second chapter is that the UNFCCC is much less the focus of policy making, with other policy fora also becoming important and actors that are new to the area creating new spaces for discussion.
Abstract
This chapter presents a continuation of the overview and analysis of the second chapter. The story is picked up at the close of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris negotiations, which, in the form of the decision of 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21), created a specific entity to work on the issue of migration and climate change and thus marked the beginning of a new era of policy making in this area. This analysis covers the time period from 2015 until the end of 2018, when this entity—the Task Force on Displacement—presented its recommendations. As is to be expected from a highly technical UNFCCC entity, the recommendations of the Task Force are highly technical, and include proposals for extending the Task Force; providing information on intended financial support; creating synergies with other areas of the work plan; and upporting developing countries in integrating displacement concerns into their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the UNFCCC. Despite events from the UNFCCC both setting the scene for and closing the chapter, a marked difference from the first fifteen episodes detailed in the second chapter is that the UNFCCC is much less the focus of policy making, with other policy fora also becoming important and actors that are new to the area creating new spaces for discussion.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of Figures and Tables viii
- List of Abbreviations ix
- About the Author xi
- Series Preface xiii
- Foreword xv
- Migration and Climate Change: The Construction of a Nexus 1
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Episodes of Policy Making on Migration and Climate Change 2010–18
- From Cancun to Paris: The Coming of Age of a Policy Field 23
- A Spotlight on Negotiating Mobility in Paris: Ushering in Another New Era for the Migration and Climate Change Nexus 65
- From Paris to Katowice: Moving from Agenda Setting to Recommendations 85
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Deconstructing Policy Making on Migration and Climate Change
- The Process of Naming: Deconstructing Terminology Used to Conceptualise the Migration and Climate Change Nexus 111
- Struggles to Locate Mobile People at the Centre of the Migration and Climate Change Nexus 137
- Interrogating a Notable Silence: Human Rights and the Migration and Climate Change Nexus 157
- Conclusion: Closing the Policy Circle 175
- Notes 191
- References 193
- Index 217
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of Figures and Tables viii
- List of Abbreviations ix
- About the Author xi
- Series Preface xiii
- Foreword xv
- Migration and Climate Change: The Construction of a Nexus 1
-
Episodes of Policy Making on Migration and Climate Change 2010–18
- From Cancun to Paris: The Coming of Age of a Policy Field 23
- A Spotlight on Negotiating Mobility in Paris: Ushering in Another New Era for the Migration and Climate Change Nexus 65
- From Paris to Katowice: Moving from Agenda Setting to Recommendations 85
-
Deconstructing Policy Making on Migration and Climate Change
- The Process of Naming: Deconstructing Terminology Used to Conceptualise the Migration and Climate Change Nexus 111
- Struggles to Locate Mobile People at the Centre of the Migration and Climate Change Nexus 137
- Interrogating a Notable Silence: Human Rights and the Migration and Climate Change Nexus 157
- Conclusion: Closing the Policy Circle 175
- Notes 191
- References 193
- Index 217
