Loss and Damage Collaboration - Views from parties and non-party stakeholders on the elements for the consideration of outputs component taking into account the informal note by the co-chairs

Submission on the Paris Agreement’s First Global Stocktake
Contributors: Mwanahamishy Singano (WEDO), Liane Schalatek (HBS-NA), Anne Barre
(WECF), Floridea Di Ciommo (CambiaMO)
Session Name: COP28
Title: Submissions of views from Parties and non-Party stakeholders on the elements for the
consideration of outputs component in support of the global stocktake:
Note: The Women and Gender Constituency aligns with the submission made by CAN
International, thus, this specific submission should be considered as an addition to the detailed
submission by CAN International.
1. Introduction
2. Collective progress to date and challenges
3. Opportunities, effective mechanisms and strategies
4. Key political messages and next steps
5. Conclusion
1. Introduction
About the Paris Agreement Global Stocktake
The 2023 Global Stocktake, as the inaugural assessment under the Paris Agreement, evaluates
progress toward its long-term goal of limiting global warming to under 1.5°C above pre-industrial
levels and increasing the ability of Parties to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and
foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development. The two years long
process is set to conclude at COP28, where parties will adopt a CMA decision and potentially a
political declaration.
Following the conclusion of the technical dialogues, parties and non-party stakeholders have been
invited to submit their inputs regarding the elements for the consideration of output components
in support of the global stocktake. This submission is a response to that call. The Women and
Gender Constituency (WGC) emphasizes the critical importance of the drafting process,
negotiations and implementation of the first GST decision to prioritize inclusivity and equity and

be guided by the best available science. The final decision to be adopted during COP28 should
ensure effective and inclusive Paris Agreement implementation, commit to allocate new,
additional, adequate, and predictable resources, and guide the formulation and updating of
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The 2023 Global Stocktake marks a pivotal moment for raising the ambition of future climate
action, necessitating the integration of scientific evidence, promoting social justice, climate justice,
the realization of human rights, meaningful participation and inclusivity, and a commitment to
advancing gender equality and feminist principles to ensure a livable planet and wellbeing of
people and planet.
2. Collective progress and challenges
The (IPCC) reports, available scientific evidence and GST co-facilitators summaries, clearly
indicate:
● insufficient progress: despite the commitments made under the Paris Agreement,
current actions are still strongly insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 and
support equitable and inclusive climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions
development;
● increased impacts: extreme weather events, sea-level rise, and biodiversity loss are
rapidly increasing and compounding, and disproportionately affecting vulnerable and
marginalized groups, including women and girls in all their diversity, indigenous peoples,
Afro descendants, and other discriminated groups living in poverty;
● unequal distribution of benefits and costs including unequal access to finance and
technology, with strong gender-differentiated impacts. The IPCC warns of the risks of