Technical and political monitoring of the first Global Stocktake

Support to the technical and political phase of the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement

The Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement periodically assesses the collective progress towards achieving the long-term goals of the Agreement. A project commissioned by the German Environment Agency accompanied all phases of the first GST with analysis focused on mitigating greenhouse ga

Discussion Paper

Reflecting the Global Stocktake mitigation efforts in NDCs

This discussion paper provides an overview how Parties could reflect explicitly in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) their contribution to the global efforts on mitigation that they agreed to during the Global Stocktake (GST) at ⁠UNFCCC⁠ COP28. A table provides an overview of meas

Addressing equity in the Global Stocktake

The principle of equity plays an important role in the Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement. This paper discusses several concepts of equity, namely the concepts of responsibility, capabilities, egalitarianism and sufficientarianism. The application of one concept only may not be sufficient to

Informing the Global Stocktake (2021-2023)

Greenhouse gas emission distributions

The Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement assesses global progress every five years with the goal of informing countries’ NDC updates. The analysis demonstrates how global progress across a range of sectoral emission indicators can be assessed using performance distributions to allow for a de

Options for the political phase of the Global Stocktake

This discussion paper explores several options for the political phase of the first global stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement. This phase could be organised by thematic area as defined by the GST or structured by sector. Organising the political phase by thematic area possibly facilitates hig