Using the Global Stocktake to increase national climate policy ambition and improve implementation: Summary for policy makers

Abstract

This report aims to support the independent Global Stocktake (iGST) - the cooperative efforts of a consortium of civil society actors to advance the Global Stocktake (GST), the formal process for periodically assessing collective progress in achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. The project’s main objectives are to: 1. Investigate how greater climate ambition might play out in five countries selected on the basis of their widely varying circumstances and their importance to achievement of Paris Agreement goals. 2. Obtain insights on ongoing climate change actions at the national level in these countries. 3. Assess national climate action in the context of the GST in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 4. Gain insights into the interplay of national-level climate actions (climate ambition) and international climate politics under the UNFCCC as well as related challenges and opportunities.