Global Stocktake

A collective assessment, conducted every five years, of progress towards the Paris Agreement’s long-term goals across mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation. It assesses collective progress rather than grading individual countries, and its outcome is intended to inform Parties as they prepare their next NDCs. The first Global Stocktake concluded at COP28 in Dubai in 2023.

Why it matters in the room

Stocktake outcome text becomes the shared reference delegations cite afterwards, and agreed language tends to be carried forward into later decisions. Much of the drafting effort therefore goes into wording that will still be quotable years later.