e fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), concluding that greenhouse gas emissions have grown more quickly between 2000 and 2010 than during the three preceding decades and are impacting health, agriculture, lands, oceans, water and human means of subsistence, the first half of 2014 was devoted to meetings aimed at operationalizing the Green Climate Fund, preparing the post-2020 agreement, and increasing the pre-2020 level of ambition. Expectations ahead of these events were high, as they constituted