23 Terms to Know at COP23

The guide defines fundamental concepts of international climate diplomacy, including the roles of the COP and CMA, the function of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and the development of the 'Paris rulebook' (Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines). It also outlines financial mechanisms like the Green Climate Fund and the $100 billion goal, as well as processes for increasing climate ambition such as the Global Stocktake and the Talanoa Dialogue.

• The Paris Agreement establishes long-term goals to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, while aiming for net-zero emissions in the second half of the century.
• Parties implement the Paris Agreement through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which are national climate plans describing emissions-reduction targets, policies, and adaptation goals; 165 such plans have been submitted by 192 countries to date.
• The 'Paris rulebook', formally known as Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs), consists of instructions for achieving the Agreement's goals and was scheduled for finalization by the CMA at COP24 in 2018.
• The Ambition Mechanism ensures increasing climate action over time through a global stocktake every five years, starting in 2023, and the submission of updated NDCs every five years.
• Developed countries committed at COP15 in 2009 to mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 from public and private sources to support mitigation and adaptation in developing nations.

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@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2017terms, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{23 Terms to Know at COP23}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2017}, month = nov, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/23-terms-know-cop23}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }