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The domestic politics of international climate commitments: which factors explain cross-country variation in NDC ambition?

Under the Paris Agreement, parties self-determine their mitigation ambition level by submitting Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Extant assessments find that the collective ambition of current pledges is not line with the Agreement's goals …

Fairness conceptions and self-determined mitigation ambition under the Paris Agreement: Is there a relationship?

This paper investigates the empirical relationship between countries’ expressed concerns with fairness and the ambition levels in their pledged contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, asking the following questions: 1) Are the NDCs of countries …

Fairness in the climate negotiations: what explains variation in parties’ expressed conceptions?

How to differentiate efforts and obligations fairly between countries has been among the most central and controversial issues in climate negotiations. This article analyses countries’ fairness conceptions as expressed in position documents submitted …