Institution Building in the Contemporary World: The Case of the Funding Mechanism and Policies in UNFCCC Negotiations

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter focuses on policies concerning climate finance and how the evolution of the Financial Mechanism occurred. It employs the concept of framing in illustrating how the issues related to climate finance had been framed-up in the negotiation table and why a new operating entity embodying distinct policies emerged. By applying the concept, this work conducts a content and frame analysis, develops a historical map, and traces the process of the evolution of the frames. It identifies a process of frame generation through the contested rhetoric framing of the actors in line with their cardinal logics. The cardinal logics are shaped by the mental schemata of the actors. The generated frames, termed “action frames,” again went through a similar process until reaching the Agreement and yielding new institutional norms. The work develops a distinct framework to conceive such complex processes structurally. It bears the potential to serve as an example to systematically explain other similar cases with regard to institution building in the contemporary world through multilateral negotiation processes.KeywordsFramingClimate negotiationsFunding mechanismInstitution buildingGCF