This paper lays out a range of options for Global Climate Action (GCA) arrangements in the UNFCCC after 2020. It is intended as an early “brainstorming” document to help Parties and non-Party actors and stakeholders concretize discussions of this issue going forward. All of the options discussed below need further elaboration and refinement.
By outlining various options, we do not in any way intend to foreclose other possibilities. The ideas suggested represent a range of different views that have emerged from discussions between Parties and non-Parties over the course of 2019. More such deliberations will be needed to create a fit-for-purpose set of Global Climate Action arrangements in the UNFCCC by COP26, when current arrangements expire, and beyond. In particular, we note that it is important not to allow the current set of GCA activities in the UNFCCC to define the boundaries of our imagination, though this is of course the starting point for many Parties and non-Parties thinking about the issue.
