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This briefing by the World Resources Institute outlines four critical design questions for the Global Stocktake (GST) as the Ad hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) begins defining its parameters. The GST is described as a collective review every five years, starting in 2023, intended to drive the 'ambition mechanism' of the Paris Agreement by informing successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

This discussion brief examines the review processes of the Paris Agreement, describing it as a hybrid system that combines bottom-up nationally determined contributions (NDCs) with top-down mandatory reporting and review. The authors argue that because NDCs are not legally binding, effective review systems are the primary tools for ensuring countries meet their commitments and for increasing collective ambition to keep global warming well below 2°C.

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute explores how non-state actors—including cities, companies, and non-profits—can be integrated into the review processes of the Paris Agreement to enhance transparency, implementation, and ambition.

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the 'enhanced transparency framework' established under Article 13 of the Paris Agreement. It identifies critical gaps in the framework's design, specifically regarding 'built-in flexibility' for developing countries, the tracking of climate finance, and the alignment of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) with reporting requirements. The document provides recommendations for the COP22 conference to establish a roadmap for a fully operational framework by 2018 to ensure data is available for the 2023 global stocktake.

This report argues that the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement depends on integrating human rights and social and environmental principles into the 'Paris Rulebook.' It emphasizes that climate action must respect the rights of indigenous peoples, ensure gender equality, safeguard food security, promote a just transition for workers, and maintain ecosystem integrity to ensure policy coherence and sustainable results.

This briefing paper by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and partners argues that the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement depends on the integration of human rights and social and environmental principles into the 'Paris Rule Book'. The document outlines how principles such as gender equality, indigenous rights, and a just transition should be embedded into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Adaptation Communications, the Transparency Framework, and the Global Stocktake to ensure policy coherence and protect vulnerable populations.

This report, submitted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) to the UNFCCC First Global Stocktake, analyzes the failure of governments to align public financial flows with the Paris Agreement. It argues that public support for fossil fuels remains high and often increases, creating a financial barrier to clean energy deployment. The document provides evidence of subsidy trends, the impact of COVID-19 recovery packages, and offers a framework for fossil fuel subsidy reform (FFSR) to accelerate the energy transition while ensuring social equity.

This policy brief by the South African Institute of International Affairs outlines Africa's priorities and demands for COP28, emphasizing the need for a fundamental overhaul of the global financial architecture to ensure equitable climate finance, accelerated adaptation funding, and the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund.

A statement from 82 Latin American and Caribbean civil society organizations providing suggestions and requests to the COP30 Presidency to ensure concrete implementation results in Belém do Pará, Brazil, focusing on climate ambition, adaptation, finance, just transition, and biodiversity synergies.

This guide provides a detailed technical exploration of the Paris Agreement Rulebook's provisions regarding adaptation communications, outlining the content, submission process, and linkages with other Paris Agreement mechanisms.

This briefing by the World Resources Institute explains the purpose and components of the Paris Rulebook, which provides the operational guidelines for implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change. It details the mechanisms for national climate planning, transparency in reporting, and the processes for reviewing individual and collective progress to ensure global climate goals are met.

This briefing by the World Resources Institute explains the purpose and function of the 'Paris Rulebook,' the implementation guidelines for the Paris Agreement on climate change. It details how the Rulebook transforms the high-level goals of the Agreement into a functional system for national planning, implementation, and international review, with a focus on the negotiations taking place at COP24 in Katowice, Poland.

This guide by the World Resources Institute explains the 'Paris Rulebook,' the implementation guidelines for the Paris Agreement adopted largely at COP24 in Katowice, Poland. It details the 'plan-implement-review' cycle, including the submission of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the enhanced transparency framework, and the global stocktake process to increase climate ambition over time.

This guide by the World Resources Institute explains the 'Rulebook' of the Paris Agreement, which provides the detailed operational guidelines for the agreement's planning-implementation-review cycle. It details the decisions reached at COP24 in Katowice, Poland, and identifies remaining negotiation gaps regarding common timelines, carbon markets, and technical transparency formats.

This guide by the World Resources Institute explains the 'Paris Rulebook,' the implementation guidelines for the Paris Agreement adopted largely at COP24 in Katowice, Poland. It details the cycle of planning, implementation, and evaluation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the enhanced transparency framework, and the mechanisms for global stocktakes and compliance.