Tackling the challenges of assessing collective progress for an effective Global Stocktake

This executive summary proposes a framework and recommendations for the design of the Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement to ensure it effectively assesses collective progress toward long-term goals.

• The Paris Agreement utilizes a hybrid approach combining collective goals with individual country contributions, but this structure does not ensure that individual contributions are sufficient to meet the collective goals, necessitating the Global Stocktake to "assess collective progress" starting in 2023 and every five years following.
• To maximize the effectiveness of the UNFCCC GST process, the report recommends four specific actions: implementing an explicit public appraisal of inputs, using a performance distributions approach, incorporating detailed discussions of key sectoral systems into structured expert dialogues, and requesting the IPCC to identify benchmarks by assessing available research.
• The report suggests that the official GST process should be supported and complemented by independent activities conducted by the academic community and civil society.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2019). Tackling the challenges of assessing collective progress for an effective Global Stocktake. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/tackling-the-challenges-of-assessing-collective-progress-for-an-effective

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Tackling the challenges of assessing collective progress for an effective Global Stocktake. 2019. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/tackling-the-challenges-of-assessing-collective-progress-for-an-effective.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2019tackling, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Tackling the challenges of assessing collective progress for an effective Global Stocktake}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2019}, month = nov, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/tackling-the-challenges-of-assessing-collective-progress-for-an-effective}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }