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… needed to assess compliance is available and reliable. This is where the international ERTs come in: these independent experts have the task to review the validity of data provided by national governments, via either a desk study or a country visit. While the MRV system can formally be regarded as soft, a look at the practical functioning of the ERTs shows some interesting dynamics. This is partly linked to their mandate to trigger questions of implementation. Next to the Parties themselves … gives hope that a substantive global deal can be reached in Paris. Setting up an effective monitoring framework for these global commitments will be an additional challenge, and soft instruments should feature prominently in order to regularly remind Parties of their commitments and facilitate their compliance. Acknowledgements: A substantial part of this chapter is based on interviews, whose interpretations are the responsibility of the author only. The author would like to express her … Agreement. Climate Report, 44. Oberthür, S. (2014). Options for a Compliance Mechanism in a 2015 Climate Agreement. Climate Law, 4, pp. 30-49. Oberthür, S., & Lefeber, R. (2010). Holding countries to account: The Kyoto Protocol’s compliance system revisited after four years of experience. Climate Law, 1, pp. 133-158. UNFCCC. (2014). Kyoto Protocol. Retrieved April 4, 2014, from http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/ 3145.php. UNFCCC (2015a). National Reports. Retrieved June 11, 2015, from …
