Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), and senior fellow of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), gives his views on capacity building at COP24 in Katowice, Poland. He discusses its place in the Paris Agreement, why it’s important, what’s being done on the issue, and what progress can be expected at COP24. “Everyone likes capacity building. Everyone wants it, everyone wants to support it, nobody is against it. However, over the years one of the aspects in the way it’s delivered has had a problem associated with it…”
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