Mobilizing non-state actors for climate action through the global stocktake

Abstract

Non-state actors play an essential role in the fabric of global climate governance. Here we propose four tailored strategies that non-state actors can mobilize to advance climate action among states and harness the potential of the global stocktake.

The global stocktake of the Paris Agreement is designed to assess parties’ collective progress towards achieving the Paris Agreement’s purpose and its long-term goals, with the view to inform the next round of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for 2035 (ref. 1). The stocktake will help assess collective progress in meeting Paris Agreement targets, but it will primarily function as a call for climate action2. In this Comment, we emphasize the differential roles that non-state actors can play in advancing the stocktake process, focusing on the dual task of ramping up states’ NDC ambition and compliance efforts.