Evaluating the effectiveness of climate change responses

What this note covers

1. Setting the criteria: what does 'effective' actually mean?
2. Binding force and compliance: the Paris architecture in practice
3. Funding delivered: the finance gap as the sharpest test of effectiveness
4. Emissions trajectory: the criterion that matters most
5. National commitments (NDCs) as a case study in the ambition-implementation gap
6. Reaching a substantiated verdict on effectiveness

6 sections · 14 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes