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This report examines the relationship between the first global stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement and the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process for developing countries, providing recommendations for integrating GST outcomes into domestic adaptation efforts.

This guide by Transforma explains the "ambition cycle" of the Paris Agreement, an iterative process designed to help countries progressively improve their climate commitments through formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. It details the key instruments involved—such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long-Term Strategies (LTS)—and provides a roadmap for national implementation to align short-term actions with long-term goals like net-zero emissions by 2050.

This briefing by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) analyzes the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, focusing on the integration of human rights in climate policies. The report argues that the conference was undermined by the host country's restrictive civic space and corporate capture by the fossil fuel industry, leading to outcomes on fossil fuel transitions and the Loss and Damage Fund that are insufficient and flawed.

The 'Guía de Ambición 2024' by Transforma is a guide designed to help the public understand the key instruments of the Paris Agreement used to combat climate change. It describes a 'mechanism of ambition' consisting of long-term strategies, medium-term national climate commitments, and biennial transparency reports, all aimed at achieving carbon neutrality and climate resilience by 2050.

The African Climate Foundation (ACF) issued a statement outlining its priorities for COP28, calling for equitable progress on the Global Stocktake, adaptation, finance, and loss and damage to ensure that climate actions do not exacerbate Africa's vulnerability or hinder its sustainable development.

This policy brief argues that transboundary climate risks are currently missing from the UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST) and proposes addressing this gap to improve the tracking of global progress toward Paris Agreement adaptation goals.

This briefing by the World Resources Institute outlines the critical benchmarks for success for the COP28 summit in Dubai. It emphasizes the need for a transformational response to the first Global Stocktake, the acceleration of systems transformation across energy, food, and urban environments, the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund, and the delivery of scaled-up climate finance to vulnerable nations.

This joint policy brief, submitted by Natural Justice and a coalition of international NGOs for UNFCCC COP28, advocates for the recognition and protection of Land and Environmental Defenders (LEDs). It highlights the severe human rights violations and violence faced by LEDs, particularly in the global south, and provides specific recommendations for the COP28 Presidency, the UNFCCC Secretariat, and member parties to ensure meaningful participation, secure land tenure, and integrate human rights into the Global Stocktake (GST) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

The South African Youth Statement, published by the South African Institute of International Affairs, outlines a comprehensive set of recommendations for climate action ahead of COP28. The document advocates for climate justice, intersectional approaches to protect marginalised groups, and a fundamental reform of global climate finance to support the Global South. It calls for a just energy transition in South Africa, the recognition of climate migrants under international law, and the transformation of food systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

This briefing by the NewClimate Institute argues that current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are insufficient to meet Paris Agreement temperature goals and proposes a set of specific, transformative mitigation actions and targets to be integrated into the Global Stocktake outputs.

This research paper by the NewClimate Institute examines the role of non-state actors (NSAs) and subnational governments in climate action following the 2015 Paris Agreement, arguing for more robust accountability frameworks and refined reporting mechanisms to prevent greenwashing and better integrate NSA efforts with national goals.

This expert note provides suggestions for the first Global Stocktake (GST) at COP28 to drive transformational action to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute discusses the difficulties in tracking and demonstrating progress toward the global goal on adaptation within the UNFCCC global stocktake, highlighting a lack of rigour in reporting and evaluation.

This report is a submission by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Energy Program to the first UNFCCC Global Stocktake. It evaluates the progress of shifting public financial flows—including subsidies, state-owned enterprise investments, and public lending—away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy in alignment with the Paris Agreement.

The NewClimate Institute analyzed sectoral greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per capita across 180 countries from 2000 to 2019 to inform the Global Stocktake (GST). The analysis reveals divergent trends across sectors, with energy supply, buildings, and agriculture showing declines in per capita emissions for most countries, while transport and industry emissions per capita increased in over half of the studied nations.

This briefing note by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) analyzes the outcomes of the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, focusing on the integration of human rights into climate policies. It highlights a major breakthrough in loss and damage finance while criticizing the failure to address fossil fuel phase-out and the restrictions placed on civil society by the host country.

A joint briefing by six human rights and climate justice organizations released at COP27, providing recommendations to policymakers to protect land and environmental defenders and ensure the safe participation of civil society in COP conferences.

This document is an invitation and overview of a Congressional briefing series hosted by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) regarding the COP27 international climate negotiations in Egypt. It outlines the transition of international cooperation toward the implementation of the Paris Agreement and lists the key topics and questions addressed by a panel of experts during the briefing.

This report by the NewClimate Institute examines how the Global Stocktake (GST) can be used to assess progress on climate mitigation and adaptation across five countries, with a specific focus on aligning finance flows and international cooperation to meet Paris Agreement goals.

The NewClimate Institute proposes using performance distributions to visualize country progress for the first Global Stocktake (GST) of the Paris Agreement, allowing for the assessment of collective progress and national benchmarking without singling out individual countries.