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Equity and state representations in climate negotiations

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Current United Nations structures are highly inequitable and obstruct progress towards international climate policy co-operation.

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Figure 1: Change in size of national delegations to COPs (COP1–COP17).
Figure 2: Change in COP delegation composition for a random sample of countries.
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We acknowledge the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) and The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas) for funding of this work.

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  1. University of East Anglia, School of International Development, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

    Heike Schroeder

  2. University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR), UCB 488 CIRES CSTPR, 1333 Grandview Avenue, Boulder, 80309, Colorado, USA

    Maxwell T. Boykoff

  3. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Sustainability and Climate Change, 7 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2RT, UK

    Laura Spiers

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