The IPCC SR 1.5°C bolsters the case for pursuing the lower end of the Paris Agreement’s temperature goal, and makes clear that it is no longer sufficient to reduce emissions alone – CO2 will also need to be removed from the atmosphere, on a scale never previously attempted.

Negotiations have started on a new global framework for biodiversity. In 2020, in Beijing, a new international biodiversity framework will be agreed under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This policy brief provides relevant insights for the CBD negotiations gained from an analysis of the Paris Agreement.

This paper discusses the development of the accounting guidance under the Paris Agreement.

This paper outlines the Talanoa Dialogue and the Global Stocktake, with a view to seeking their mutual implications.

The UNFCCC has 24-years of experience of communications of national reports since their first submission.