Absolutely. Plus the report said US is completely out of international climate agreements, when it remains within UNFCCC. Not clear to me if this means US still has emissions reporting obligations. My interpretation would be yes

Is it really 27 years? OMG we are so old!! 😃 Hugs from Cambridge and hope to see you again before too long!

Very interesting comment, thanks. I’ll investigate preferential voting further.

Thank you @lisaschipper.bsky.social ! I think you understand as much as I do, and certainly a lot more than me about policy on the ground. Looking forward to following your feed! ☺️

Thanks for this!

3/4 majority of 198 parties is 149. Likely (but obvs NOT guaranteed) supporters: 45 LDCs + 35 AOSIS (-overlap) + 27 EU + 7 AILAC + 6 EIG + approx 11 CVF (-overlap) + maybe 5 other global North = 136. Not far off. Others eg Brazil maybe. Not impossible to forge a coalition.

This is why it would be helpful - no need to adopt the rules of procedure, which must be adopted by consensus (Article 7.2k)

Actually it doesn't. That's the whole point. An Amendment to the Convention can be adopted with a 3/4 majority vote (Article 15).

I develop the idea a bit more fully here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Thanks Wolfgang! Yes this is right. But my thinking is that, once the amendment entered into force, Parties to it could adopt their own decisions, and supportive non-Parties also declare their support. While not idea, this would still send a stronger high-level message than weak global consensus