As part of the Paris Agreement, governments agreed to take stock of climate action progress toward meeting the objectives of the Agreement – limit human-induced global warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century. This stocktaking process – referred to as the Talanoa Dialogue – started in January 2018, inviting inputs from governments, negotiating groups and non-party stakeholders.
The inputs, gathered via an online platform, are meant to address the three questions envisioned to inform the dialogue: Where are we? Where do we want to go? How do we get there?
Climate Analytics’ submission to the Talanoa Dialogue summarises the latest scientific findings relating to the 1.5°C limit. It outlines what climate impacts are being experienced around the globe at the current level of warming of around 1°C, such as extreme weather events, more intense tropical cyclones, impacts on oceans systems and health. It also discusses the benefits of the 1.5°C limit in terms of avoided impacts, especially on the most vulnerable communities, and what is needed to limit warming to 1.5°C.
Our analysts also helped to prepare a submission from the Climate Action Tracker, which takes a look at the gap between the current level of climate action and the emissions reductions needed to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement, and outlines concrete short-term steps all key sectors – like power, industry, transport or agriculture – could undertake to get onto a 1.5°C pathway.
The overview of the inputs to the Talanoa Dialogue from governments and non-governmental observers is available here.