Paula Castro
@paucastro.bsky.social
Climate policy and politics
ZHAW Winterthur
ZHAW Winterthur
In the next months, we expect to publish more inferential work on presence, participation and influence in the #ClimateChangeNegotiations, emerging from our project BeCoSS Climate (www.zhaw.ch/en/research/...).
Beyond Coalitions: Small States in Climate Negotiations (BeCoSS-Climate) | ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Small states are often taken to be rule-takers rather than rule-makers in international affairs. Yet, small states can punch above their weight, notably when working through coalitions. While coaliti...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In the next months, we expect to publish more inferential work on presence, participation and influence in the #ClimateChangeNegotiations, emerging from our project BeCoSS Climate (www.zhaw.ch/en/research/...).
The paper is available here doi.org/10.1163/1571... (unfortunately not open access). Feel free to reach out to me and I can share a copy.
doi.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The paper is available here doi.org/10.1163/1571... (unfortunately not open access). Feel free to reach out to me and I can share a copy.
While descriptive and exploratory in nature, the paper highlights the need to look beyond simple measures of delegation size to assess countries’ resources sent to the negotiations.
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
While descriptive and exploratory in nature, the paper highlights the need to look beyond simple measures of delegation size to assess countries’ resources sent to the negotiations.
The full dataset and codebook can be found in the SWISSUBase repository: doi.org/10.48573/ycj...
Participation, Cooperation and Conflict in UN Climate Negotiations
This dataset records negotiation interventions and negotiation interactions by country parties and groupings in the multilateral negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate C...
doi.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The full dataset and codebook can be found in the SWISSUBase repository: doi.org/10.48573/ycj...
The algorithm is freely available in my co-author’s @VictorKristof GitHub page: github.com/victorkristo.... It can be easily adapted to retrieve data from other multilateral environmental negotiations covered by the ENBs.
GitHub - victorkristof/enb-mining
Contribute to victorkristof/enb-mining development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The algorithm is freely available in my co-author’s @VictorKristof GitHub page: github.com/victorkristo.... It can be easily adapted to retrieve data from other multilateral environmental negotiations covered by the ENBs.
The paper has been published open access in Nature Scientific Data: rdcu.be/eWMfh
Participation, Cooperation and Conflict in UN Climate Negotiations
Scientific Data - Participation, Cooperation and Conflict in UN Climate Negotiations
rdcu.be
December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The paper has been published open access in Nature Scientific Data: rdcu.be/eWMfh
With @carlschleussner.bsky.social, Alexandra Lesnikowski, @adellethomas.bsky.social, @romainweikmans.bsky.social, @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, Ambuj Sagar, Sonia Klinsky, Thomas Bernauer
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
With @carlschleussner.bsky.social, Alexandra Lesnikowski, @adellethomas.bsky.social, @romainweikmans.bsky.social, @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, Ambuj Sagar, Sonia Klinsky, Thomas Bernauer
Reposted by Paula Castro
"IHRL, the climate change treaties, and other relevant environmental treaties...inform each other. States must, therefore, take their obligations under IHRL into account when implementing their obligations"
Good to see IHRL coming out strongly as we go through the opinion
Good to see IHRL coming out strongly as we go through the opinion
July 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"IHRL, the climate change treaties, and other relevant environmental treaties...inform each other. States must, therefore, take their obligations under IHRL into account when implementing their obligations"
Good to see IHRL coming out strongly as we go through the opinion
Good to see IHRL coming out strongly as we go through the opinion
Thanks for the collaboration, Jack Baker, Marlene Kammerer and Karin Ingold!
January 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thanks for the collaboration, Jack Baker, Marlene Kammerer and Karin Ingold!
The full paper (open access) is available here: doi.org/10.1080/1469...
The vertical policy harmonization indices: assessing the gap between climate mitigation pledges and policies
The effectiveness of the Paris Agreement in achieving its global temperature goal relies on countries adopting ambitious mitigation targets and introducing corresponding measures. But do countries ...
doi.org
January 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The full paper (open access) is available here: doi.org/10.1080/1469...
👉 The coerciveness of policy instruments and the likelihood of their implementation remains low across sectors.
👉 EU membership and development status are associated with the gap between climate mitigation pledges and policies.
👉 EU membership and development status are associated with the gap between climate mitigation pledges and policies.
January 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
👉 The coerciveness of policy instruments and the likelihood of their implementation remains low across sectors.
👉 EU membership and development status are associated with the gap between climate mitigation pledges and policies.
👉 EU membership and development status are associated with the gap between climate mitigation pledges and policies.
Inter alia, we find that:
👉 3/4 of the 105 countries covered have failed to translate their most recent NDC targets into national policy
👉 Countries tend to have their most balanced and intense policy mix in their largest emitting sector (often energy)
👉 3/4 of the 105 countries covered have failed to translate their most recent NDC targets into national policy
👉 Countries tend to have their most balanced and intense policy mix in their largest emitting sector (often energy)
January 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Inter alia, we find that:
👉 3/4 of the 105 countries covered have failed to translate their most recent NDC targets into national policy
👉 Countries tend to have their most balanced and intense policy mix in their largest emitting sector (often energy)
👉 3/4 of the 105 countries covered have failed to translate their most recent NDC targets into national policy
👉 Countries tend to have their most balanced and intense policy mix in their largest emitting sector (often energy)
Many more details are available in the report, co-authored by Gianfranco Guidati, Christina Marchand, Paula Castro, Malte Winkler, @florian-landis.bsky.social, Matthias Honegger, and Regina Betz.
January 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Many more details are available in the report, co-authored by Gianfranco Guidati, Christina Marchand, Paula Castro, Malte Winkler, @florian-landis.bsky.social, Matthias Honegger, and Regina Betz.
👉 Differentiated policy approaches to CCS from cement and waste incineration plants;
👉 Promoting early investments in CO2 transport infrastructure to limit long-term costs;
👉 Expanding international collaboration on carbon markets.
👉 Promoting early investments in CO2 transport infrastructure to limit long-term costs;
👉 Expanding international collaboration on carbon markets.
January 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
👉 Differentiated policy approaches to CCS from cement and waste incineration plants;
👉 Promoting early investments in CO2 transport infrastructure to limit long-term costs;
👉 Expanding international collaboration on carbon markets.
👉 Promoting early investments in CO2 transport infrastructure to limit long-term costs;
👉 Expanding international collaboration on carbon markets.