Subhi Barakat

Senior researcher, Climate Change

Full biography

Expertise

Public international law
International human rights and humanitarian law
International environmental law on climate change

Before IIED

Consultant on public international law, treaty interpretation and climate change diplomacy
Proposition Manager, Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office
Attorney, Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone

Current work

Supporting least developed and other developing countries in:

Decision-making processes under the UNFCCC and relevant international fora
Policymaking and national implementation of international climate change outcomes
Delivering equitable and just outcomes

Subhi Barakat's projects

This diagram illustrates how ambition for the Paris Agreement must be racheted up (Image: Clare Shakya/IIED)

Helping parliamentarians drive national climate change policy

Project, Dec 2012

Recent publications

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LDCs, negotiations and the climate crisis: Will the poorest countries benefit from the COP24 climate package?

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Developing Myanmar’s National Climate Change Policy

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Guide de la transparence dans le cadre de la CCNUCC et de l’Accord de Paris

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A guide to transparency under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement

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Action, ambition, investment: what success at COP23 looks like for LDCs

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How parliamentarians can help ensure the success of the Paris Agreement

Subhi Barakat's blog posts

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Climate action: let’s be bold in Bonn

Blog, Jun 2019