Navigating the Paris Rulebook

This guide details the operational framework of the global stocktake under the Paris Agreement Rulebook. It outlines the roles of the UNFCCC Secretariat and subsidiary bodies, the process for collecting inputs from Parties and non-Party stakeholders, and the technical assessment's link to IPCC report timing. The document emphasizes that the stocktake assesses collective progress—including NDCs, adaptation efforts, and finance flows—rather than individual country performance, integrating various transparency and implementation frameworks into a broader review cycle.

• The global stocktake is a Party-driven process conducted transparently with the participation of non-Party stakeholders, including UNFCCC observer organizations. While inputs from Parties must be fully accessible online, the document notes that it is not clarified if these inputs will be fully accessible to non-Party stakeholders.
• Specific responsibilities for the global stocktake are divided among several bodies: the Chair of the SBSTA and Chair of the SBI establish a joint contact group; the SBSTA Chair develops guiding questions; the Secretariat organizes the process, issues calls for inputs, and facilitates online availability of Party inputs; and the Co-facilitators of the Technical Dialogue prepare four synthesis reports and summarize outputs into summary reports and an overarching factual synthesis.
• The timing of the global stocktake's technical assessment is linked to the release of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, although the document states that Decision 19/CMA.1 does not provide specific clarity on when IPCC report timing would require the assessment to span three sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies, nor how that decision is made.
• The global stocktake integrates multiple elements of the Paris Agreement Rulebook to create a plan-implement-review cycle. It considers the aggregate effect of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) rather than individual country efforts, and draws input from adaptation communications, finance flows (including Article 9.5 communications), Article 6 cooperative implementation, and the enhanced transparency framework under Article 13.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Navigating the Paris Rulebook. https://www.wri.org/paris-rulebook/paris-rulebook-global-stocktake-deeper-dive

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Navigating the Paris Rulebook. n.d. https://www.wri.org/paris-rulebook/paris-rulebook-global-stocktake-deeper-dive.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendnavigating, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Navigating the Paris Rulebook}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/paris-rulebook/paris-rulebook-global-stocktake-deeper-dive}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }