Resources
A working library for climate diplomacy.
Primary texts, trackers, datasets and toolkits from the institutions that publish them, each annotated for use and linked to its authoritative source.
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Platform
Climate Diplomacy Platform
adelphi
Two decades of analysis, tools and data on climate, peace and security: the field’s reference hub.
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Legal & official
The Paris Agreement
UNFCCC · 2015
The primary text of the regime and the starting point for every negotiation.
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Legal & official
NDC Registry
UNFCCC
Every nationally determined contribution submitted by Parties, in full.
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Report
Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
IPCC · 2021–2023
The consolidated scientific basis underpinning climate policy and negotiation.
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Tracker
Earth Negotiations Bulletin
IISD
The day-by-day record of what actually happens inside UN environmental negotiations.
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Training
UN CC:Learn
UNITAR
Free, structured courses on climate change, diplomacy and the negotiation process.
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Report
World Energy Transitions Outlook
IRENA
A 1.5°C pathway for the global energy system: electrification, renewables, hydrogen and investment needs.
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Report
World Energy Outlook
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Benchmark scenarios and data on the global energy transition.
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Tool
Carbon Pricing Dashboard
World Bank
Interactive map of carbon taxes, emissions trading systems and crediting mechanisms worldwide.
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Report
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing
World Bank · 2026
The annual reference on carbon pricing coverage, prices and revenues.
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Tool
Emissions Trading Worldwide (ETS map)
International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)
Comparable factsheets on every emissions trading system in force or in development.
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Report
Global Landscape of Climate Finance
Climate Policy Initiative
A comprehensive accounting of where climate finance comes from and where it flows.
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Platform
Green Climate Fund
GCF
The largest dedicated multilateral climate fund: access, projects and country programming.
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Toolkit
Climate Toolbox
NDC Partnership
A searchable library of tools and guidance for designing and implementing national climate plans.
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Toolkit
Climate, Peace and Security Toolbox
UN Climate Security Mechanism
Practitioner guidance for analysing and responding to compound climate-related security risks.
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Tracker
Net Zero Tracker
Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit · Oxford Net Zero · NewClimate Institute · Data-Driven EnviroLab
The integrity check on net-zero pledges across countries, regions, cities and companies.
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Tool
Climate Watch
World Resources Institute
Open data on emissions, NDCs and pathways, comparable across countries and sectors.
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Tracker
Climate Action Tracker
Climate Analytics · NewClimate Institute
Independent, science-based ratings of government targets and policies against the Paris goals.
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Tracker
Climate Change Laws of the World
Grantham Research Institute, LSE
A searchable database of national climate laws, policies and litigation.
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Report
Global Carbon Budget
Global Carbon Project · 2025
The annual reference on global CO₂ emissions and sinks.
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Report
Emissions Gap Report
UNEP · 2025
The annual assessment of the gap between pledged and needed emission reductions.
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Framework
Strategic Foresight
OECD
Methods and tools for applying futures thinking and scenario planning to public policy.
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Legal & official
Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
International Court of Justice · 2025
The advisory opinion of 23 July 2025, requested by the UN General Assembly, with the judges’ declarations and opinions and the written and oral proceedings.
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Legal & official
Advisory opinion on climate change and international law (Case No. 31)
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea · 2024
The Tribunal’s opinion of 21 May 2024, requested by the Commission of Small Island States, on what the Law of the Sea Convention requires of states on greenhouse gas emissions and the marine environment.
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Report
2025 NDC Synthesis Report
UNFCCC secretariat · 2025
The secretariat’s synthesis of new NDCs (28 October 2025) and its update of 10 November 2025, which projects 2035 emissions from all NDCs communicated by then.
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Legal & official
Biennial Transparency Reports
UNFCCC
The reports Parties submit under the Enhanced Transparency Framework: first BTRs, due by 31 December 2024, and second BTRs, due by 31 December 2026, with the secretariat’s synthesis.
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Legal & official
Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
UNFCCC
The crediting mechanism under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement: its rules and regulations, project processes and the work of its Supervisory Body.
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Tracker
Article 6 Pipeline
UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC)
Country-by-country data on cooperative approaches under Article 6.2 and activities under the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism.
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Report
Adaptation Gap Report 2025
UNEP · 2025
Puts developing countries’ adaptation finance needs at US$310–365 billion a year in 2035, against international public flows of US$26 billion in 2023.
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Report
Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T
COP29 and COP30 Presidencies · UNFCCC · 2025
The roadmap launched by decision 1/CMA.6 to scale up climate finance to developing countries to at least USD 1.3 trillion a year by 2035, with the full report and its executive summary.
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Report
Global trends in climate change litigation: 2026 snapshot
Grantham Research Institute, LSE · 2026
A review of climate cases worldwide: 249 new cases were filed in 2025, bringing the total since 1986 to more than 3,600.
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