INSIDER: How Countries Can Still Shape the Vision and Ambition of the Paris Agreement

This briefing from the World Resources Institute discusses the necessity of developing a robust 'rulebook' (implementing guidelines) for the Paris Agreement to ensure effective international climate action and to bridge the gap between current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 2 degrees C.

• The current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are insufficient to limit global temperature increases to the Paris Agreement's target of 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F), making enhanced climate action and a strong rulebook essential to avoid irreversible climate damage.
• Negotiators are focusing on several critical areas for the rulebook, including transparency, the global stocktake, the communication of NDCs, compliance, predictability of finance, and market and non-market approaches to reduce emissions.
• A central challenge in the negotiations is balancing the universal framework of the Paris Agreement with the principle of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities, specifically by providing "built-in flexibility" for developing countries based on their capacities.
• The rulebook is intended to support a 'cycle of implementation' where national planning and policy inform the domestic execution of NDCs, which are then subject to global review and stocktaking to inform further national planning to close the emissions gap.
• To meet the deadline for finalizing the rulebook by December 2018 at COP24 in Katowice, Poland, negotiators aimed to produce a negotiating text during the May session in Bonn, Germany, or at least task facilitators to prepare one before the September meetings in Bangkok, Thailand.

APA

World Resources Institute (2018). INSIDER: How Countries Can Still Shape the Vision and Ambition of the Paris Agreement. https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/insider-how-countries-can-still-shape-vision-and-ambition-paris-agreement

Chicago

World Resources Institute. INSIDER: How Countries Can Still Shape the Vision and Ambition of the Paris Agreement. 2018. https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/insider-how-countries-can-still-shape-vision-and-ambition-paris-agreement.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2018insider, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{INSIDER: How Countries Can Still Shape the Vision and Ambition of the Paris Agreement}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2018}, month = apr, url = {https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/insider-how-countries-can-still-shape-vision-and-ambition-paris-agreement}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }