COP22 Jargon Cheat Sheet

The 'COP22 Jargon Cheat Sheet' by the World Resources Institute is a guide designed to explain the complex terminology, acronyms, and processes associated with the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, and the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

• The Paris Agreement establishes long-term goals to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees C, with efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, and to achieve net-zero emissions in the second half of the century.
• The Paris Agreement entered into force on November 4, 2016, which occurred after 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions joined the agreement.
• COP22 includes the first official Meeting of Parties to the Paris Agreement, known as CMA1, where parties will make decisions on the Agreement's rules and processes. This includes the development of Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs), which serve as the rulebook for implementing the Agreement's elements, such as transparency and NDCs.
• Developed countries committed at COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009 to mobilize $100 billion annually from public and private sources by 2020 to assist developing nations with climate mitigation and adaptation.
• The Paris Agreement utilizes an Ambition Mechanism and a Global Stocktake, the latter of which will occur every five years starting in 2023 to assess progress toward long-term goals and inform new nationally determined contributions (NDCs).

APA

Northrop, E., Thwaites, J., Elliott, C., & Waskow, D. (2016). COP22 Jargon Cheat Sheet. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/insights/cop22-jargon-cheat-sheet

Chicago

Northrop, Eliza, Joe Thwaites, Cynthia Elliott, and David Waskow. COP22 Jargon Cheat Sheet. World Resources Institute, 2016. https://www.wri.org/insights/cop22-jargon-cheat-sheet.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{northrop2016cop22, author = {Northrop, Eliza and Thwaites, Joe and Elliott, Cynthia and Waskow, David}, title = {{COP22 Jargon Cheat Sheet}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2016}, month = nov, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/cop22-jargon-cheat-sheet}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }