Environmental Integrity Group

The Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) is a negotiation group consisting of 6 parties to the UNFCCC. When it was formed in 2000, it only consisted of Switzerland, Korea, and Mexico.^[1]

History

The Environmental Integrity Group was initiated by Switzerland during the negotiations of the Kyoto Protocol, where only party groups were allowed to negotiate. Switzerland was not part of any group and they did not want to join the Umbrella Group. So Switzerland declared to form the EIG and invited other independent parties to join.^[2]

Joint Submissions

2016 on matters of the Global Stock Take (GST)^[3]

Members

2000 Switzerland (founding member)
2000 South Korea (founding member)
2000 Mexico (founding member)
20?? Liechtenstein
20?? Monaco
2017 Georgia^[4]

Literature and References

Literature

Emily Laur: Who is the Environmental Integrity Group?, In: Digital Lotus: Thursday, March 24, 2016.

'References

^ Yamin & Depledge: The International Climate Change Regime, 2004, Cambridge, p.47, ISBN 9780521840897, Link.
^ "Meet the unlikely climate allies bridging divides in UN talks". climatechangenews.com. 20 January 2015.
^ bafu.admin.ch - EIG Submission GST (pdf)
^ "Party Groupings". United Nationals Climate Change. Retrieved 8 October 2018.