Ten years of the Paris Climate Agreement: a review and outlook for its implementation
In 2025, marking the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, IDDRI played an active role in reviewing the agreement’s theory of change and making recommendations to the Brazilian presidency of COP30 to support the full implementation of commitments. Several papers and reports, focusing on the challenges of the coming decade and published in the run-up to the COP, informed discussions on the process, its implementation, the just transition, the transition away from fossil fuels, and solidarity levies. In particular, IDDRI outlined pathways to extend international climate cooperation beyond the UNFCCC. In addition, a report reviewing a decade of climate action across 21 countries received significant media coverage, alongside two launch events held in France and Brazil. IDDRI presented its analyses and recommendations to the Brazilian presidency during five meetings in preparation for the COP. In March 2026, the COP30 President invited IDDRI to contribute to the “Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in a Just, Orderly and Equitable Manner”, which will present its analyses and proposals at COP31 in 2026.
Green industrialization in Africa: the dialogue is widening
For several years now, IDDRI has been working, through its co-leadership of the Ukama platform, to strengthen dialogue between the European Union and African countries, with a view to fostering a better mutual understanding of their respective priorities for a just energy transition and green industrialization, and to supporting the development of partnerships that deliver benefits on both sides. Together with the think tanks of the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) network, and through a series of stakeholder workshops, IDDRI is broadening the debate to include private sector actors and investors, who are key players in these exchanges. Against a backdrop of declining official development assistance and the restructuring of value chains linked to the energy and digital transitions, several African countries see green industrialization as a strategic opportunity, provided that partnerships move beyond rhetoric and lay the foundations for deep, lasting cooperation. These dialogues seek to build on this momentum. At a workshop in Nigeria in early 2026, attended by representatives of relevant ministries and the EU Ambassador, participants called for more ambitious partnerships with the EU, going beyond capacity-building approaches. One key avenue highlighted was the need to link energy and industrial investment to support the development of sustainable industrial ecosystems.
COP17 Biodiversity: IDDRI’s proposals for the Global Review and financing
In the two years prior to COP17, to be held in Yerevan (Armenia) in October 2026, IDDRI is organizing, with support from Switzerland, a series of workshops for negotiators from a range of countries. These workshops provide a space for open discussion, distinct from and complementary to the official negotiations, in which the Armenian presidency also takes part. Based on an agenda set by participants and supported by IDDRI briefings, discussions focus on biodiversity financing in countries of the Global South and on the modalities of the Global Review of progress towards the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework by 2030, the first iteration of which will take place in October in Yerevan. A high-level public webinar provided an opportunity to explore how stakeholders can contribute to making the Global Review a mechanism for identifying short-term enabling levers and strengthening biodiversity governance over the medium term. Regarding multilateral funds, IDDRI proposes focusing on their functions and guiding principles, in line with COP16 decision.