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A statement from 82 Latin American and Caribbean civil society organizations providing recommendations to the COP30 Presidency to ensure the conference delivers concrete implementation results for the Paris Agreement, focusing on climate ambition, adaptation, finance, just transition, and biodiversity synergies.

This guide from the World Resources Institute outlines various instruments for raising public finance to support climate goals, focusing on international public finance, climate bonds, debt-for-climate swaps, and national climate funds. It details how these mechanisms can help developing countries fill funding gaps for their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the benefits and challenges associated with each, and provides real-world examples of their implementation.

This working paper by the World Resources Institute outlines the critical issues surrounding the negotiation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which governs international cooperation through carbon markets. It emphasizes that the operationalization of accounting rules, additionality, and financial mechanisms will determine whether Article 6 enhances global climate ambition or weakens the environmental integrity of nationally determined contributions (NDCs).

This World Resources Institute expert note argues that COVID-19 economic recovery stimulus packages provide a critical opportunity for countries to align their recovery with ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the power sector. Noting that power generation accounted for 41% of energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 (with coal contributing over 70%), the note emphasizes the need for a 4% annual reduction in power sector emissions to meet 2030 targets and suggests investing in climate-resilient infrastructure to prevent an emissions rebound following pandemic lockdowns.

This expert note from the World Resources Institute provides recommendations for the 2025 Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue to increase climate ambition and commitments leading up to COP30.

This working paper by the Project for Advancing Climate Transparency (PACT) provides a vision and practical suggestions to help negotiators meet the December 2018 deadline for adopting the implementing guidelines, also known as the Paris Rulebook, for the Paris Agreement.

The document describes a guide published by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to assist practitioners in structuring and strengthening their countries' enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

The World Resources Institute report summarizes the China-U.S. High-Level Dialogue on Energy and Climate Change held in Beijing on April 25-26, 2024. The dialogue served as a space for experts to discuss power sector decarbonization, methane mitigation, energy efficiency, carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), climate finance, and trade. The report outlines domestic policy updates from both nations, identifies specific areas for future bilateral collaboration, and discusses preparations for COP 29 and COP 30.

The '2050 is Now' consortium issued a joint communiqué in October 2025 urging the global community and the COP30 presidency to prioritize Long-term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS). The document argues that LT-LEDS are essential for aligning short-term Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement and for catalyzing the finance and policy action needed for a just transition to net-zero emissions.

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 (WRI) argues that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) must account for the non-carbon biophysical effects of forests to effectively address climate stability. The authors explain how forests influence temperature and rainfall through albedo, evapotranspiration, surface roughness, and aerosols, noting that tropical deforestation contributes significantly more to global warming than carbon-only metrics suggest. The document proposes six specific pathways for UNFCCC Parties to integrate these biophysical impacts into national reporting, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), REDD+ finance, adaptation planning, the Global Stocktake, and the IPCC's 7th Assessment Report cycle.

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.