COP22 Jargon Cheat Sheet

The document provides a glossary of terms for COP22, covering basic UNFCCC structures, the mechanisms of the Paris Agreement, and specific financial and operational goals like the $100 billion climate finance target.

• 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 reach net-zero emissions in the second half of the century.
• The Paris Agreement entered into force on November 4, 2016, after meeting the requirement of 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions joining the agreement.
• Developed countries committed at COP15 in Copenhagen to mobilize $100 billion annually by 2020 from public and private sources to assist developing nations with climate mitigation and adaptation.
• The 'Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines' (MPGs) serve as the rulebook for implementing the Paris Agreement, covering areas such as transparency and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
• The Global Stocktake is a collective progress assessment occurring every five years starting in 2023, which will inform the submission of new 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} }