Are countries using the 2023 global check-up in their climate plans?
Global stocktake: annual GST dialogue
Every five years the checks how far the world has got. The first check, finished at COP28 in Dubai in 2023, said the world is off track and called for moving away from fossil fuels.
Every year since, countries hold a dialogue on whether that check is shaping their new national climate plans. At COP31 they look at the report from this year’s dialogue.
Consideration of the report on the annual GST dialogue on how the outcome of the first global stocktake is informing the preparation of NDCs.
The second global stocktake concludes in 2028.
Why it matters
In 2023 countries agreed the world is off track. This checks whether that agreement changed what they actually plan to do.
How we got here
- 2015
COP21, ParisArticle 14 sets a every five years.
- 2023
COP28, DubaiThe first stocktake concludes: the world is off track. It calls for tripling renewables and transitioning away from fossil fuels.
- 2024Every year since
An annual dialogue starts on how the stocktake is informing new national plans.
Where COP31 picks up: Each year countries check whether the 2023 stocktake shapes their plans. The next full stocktake ends in 2028.
Have COPs worked? The bigger picture →What they will argue aboutOpen issues
- Words or action? Whether to say anything specific about how well the new plans reflect the 2023 outcome.
- Outcome. Procedural conclusions or substantive findings on NDCs.
Agenda items
From the provisional agendas, FCCC/CP/2026/1 and FCCC/PA/CMA/2026/1. Draft texts, versions and bracket counts appear here once talks open.
What has happened so farStatus log
This question carries on from COP30 (see How we got here, above). Talks resume on 9 November: from then, every new draft and every change of status is listed here, with the time and a link to the document.