Appendix B Questions to the Interviewees

Questions to the Interviewees UNFCCC: Interview questions 1st draft • First, how can I imagine what your daily work is like in your section for you?• So, what did you think when Trump announced that the US would leave the Paris Agreement?• what did your unit/ organization do? • what were the reactions?• were new actions set in motion right away in your day-to-day work then?what did you think about this? • what do you think about the reasoning behind the withdrawal?(Note: 'As noted in his 1 June 2017 remarks, President Trump made the decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement because of the unfair economic burden imposed on American workers, businesses, and taxpayers by U.S. pledges made under the Agreement.')• Also, I would like to know what you think about the events at the 2013 warsaw conference.• I mean, the mechanism established there is an essential part of the Paris Agreement.• however, during its negotiation at the conference it was strongly opposed, including physically, when 132 countries walked out during the conference.what do you think about this? what were the reactions?• what about the walkout of several organizations on the last day of the conference?• how was this perceived within your organization, and how do you thinkit was perceived from the outside?• were there any actions taken for the future so that these kinds of walkouts will not happen again?• Follow-up: which?/ why not?