Presentation from September 2021 CCXG Global Forum

1. PREPARATIONS
FOR THE GLOBAL
STOCKTAKE
CCXG GLOBAL FORUM,
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
LEON D. CHARLES

2. OUTLINE
1. What are key questions to consider in framing the GST
components?
2. What are the key remaining open questions and issues relating
to different areas of the GST?

3. KEY QUESTIONS (1)
• What is the purpose of the GST? What utility does it bring to the climate
change process?
• PA, Art 14 (Para 1) “…to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of this
Agreement and its long-term goals …”
• PA, Art 14 (Para 3) “The outcome of the global stocktake shall inform Parties in updating and
enhancing, in a nationally determined manner, their actions and support in accordance with the
relevant provisions of this Agreement, as well as in enhancing international cooperation for climate
action.”

4. KEY QUESTIONS (1) (CONT’D)
• What is the purpose of the GST? What utility does it bring to the climate change process?
• Passive collective scorecard of our performance to provide information on how we have
done?
• Identification and sharing of best practices? … enhancing international cooperation
• Identifying and filling data gaps?
• Establishing the baseline?
• Trigger for ambition? – as per each of the PA goals?
Each of these has implications for focus of guiding questions and inputs, organisation
of Technical Dialogue and follow-up action, if any:
• How well have we done? vs How can we do better? vs How can we achieve our goals?

5. KEY QUESTIONS (2)
• What is the GST outcome and how do we translate the GST outputs into the outcome
specified in the PA?
• The outcome of the global stocktake shall inform Parties in updating and
enhancing, in a nationally determined manner, their actions and support in
accordance with the relevant provisions of this Agreement, as well as in enhancing
international cooperation for climate action.
• GST Outputs: - COP Decision; Declaration; High Level Event(s)
How do we translate these into increased ambition? Talanoa Dialogue
experience?
Should there be follow-up activities between 2023 and 2025?

6. KEY QUESTIONS (3)
• How do we ensure the ownership of the GST recommendations by
governments so that they are acted upon in the 2023 – 2025 period?
• Assume that they will be acted upon as they are COP decisions?
• Is there a need for designing a process that generates ownership?
• Deliberate generation and consideration of party inputs? e.g.
national Talanoas/GSTs and regional GSTs?
• Enhancing capacity to participate in the GST process?
• Designing the consideration of outputs in a manner that allows for
inputs, participation and responses to the needs and challenges of
all parties?

7. KEY QUESTIONS (4)
• How do we address Equity?
• Active engagement in the submission, collection, and preparation of information
during the first component, effective engagement in the discussions under the
technical dialogue, and discussions on the implications of the findings of the
technical assessment
• Assess the extent to which countries are fulfilling their equitable contributions to
global climate action and provide guidance on the appropriate levels of mitigation
ambition, adaptation action, and means of implementation and support that
individual countries should make?
Implications for organisation and conduct of the GST

8. SUMMARY
• Key Questions:
• What is the purpose of the GST? What utility does it bring to the
climate change process?
• What is the GST outcome and how do we translate the GST outputs
into the outcome specified in the PA?
• How do we ensure the ownership of the GST recommendations by
governments so that they are acted upon in the 2023 – 2025 period?
• How do we address Equity?
• All have implications for the design of the process and the relevant
guiding questions

9. OPEN QUESTIONS AND ISSUES
• Overall focus and emphasis of GST
• Decision on matters to be addressed in TD1 taking into account the IPCC AR6 and
SED
• Finalise Guiding Questions in Glasgow ahead of TD1
• Establish timelines for TD1
• March deadline for receipt of inputs
• Schedule for Secretariat Webinars – March
• Methodologies for filling data gaps
• Decision on consolidating inputs from NPS
• Technical support to Parties too ensure meaningful participation in TD1

10. PREPARATIONS
FOR THE GLOBAL
STOCKTAKE
CCXG GLOBAL FORUM,
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
LEON D. CHARLES