As Parties and non-Party stakeholders (NPS) head to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), much attention will be focused on the agreement of a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on climate finance to fund historic damage caused by emissions from advanced economies. However, of critical importance will be the opportunities to take stock of Parties’ progress in implementing and achieving the targets and signals from the conclusion of the first GST at COP28.

Parties must consider the outcomes from the GST when they formulate their new nationally determined contributions (NDCs)—their national climate targets—due February 10, 2025, and achievement of the GST targets and signals will help the world get closer to a pathway to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C.

C2ES has published a series of papers that look at some of the targets and signals agreed at the first global stocktake (GST) at COP28, explore how international cooperation could be enhanced to raise ambition, and make a number of recommendations:

• Enhancing Action & International Cooperation for the Tripling of Renewable Energy Capacity Globally by 2030
• Enhancing Action & International Cooperation for the Doubling of Energy Efficiency by 2030
• Enhancing Action & International Cooperation for Early Warning Systems
• Enhancing Action & International Cooperation for the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
• Enhancing Action & International Cooperation for Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation
• Enhancing Action & International Cooperation for Sustainable Agriculture and Resilient Food Systems