Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) (https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/subsidiary-bodies/sbi) 

Its work has been at the heart of all implementation issues under the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement. …its agenda is shaped around the key building blocks of implementation of all these treaties and instruments: transparency, mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology and capacity-building, and aims at enhancing the ambition of Parties on all aspects of its agenda.

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)
(https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/subsidiary-bodies/sbsta) 

The SBSTA is one of two permanent subsidiary bodies to the Convention established by the COP/CMP. It supports the work of the COP, the CMP and the CMA through the provision of timely information and advice on scientific and technological matters as they relate to the Convention, its Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

The Special Event presentation @ COP24, 2018.12.04 ~ Video recording

Summary for Policy Makers

Analysis / Summary:

In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on climate change at 1.5C
2018.10.08 | Carbon Brief |

The impacts of climate change at 1.5C, 2C and beyond
Carbon Brief ~ Interactive

The Special Event presentation @ COP25, Midrid, 2019.12.04 ~ Video recording

Analysis / Summary:
In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on climate change and land
2019.08.08 | Carbon Brief

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada’s Response to the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
2019.08.09 | Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada

Climate change could trigger an international food crisis, UN panel warns
2019.08.08 | CNBC | Emma Newburger

Farming and eating need to change to curb global warming, UN report says
2019.08.08 | CBC News

Plant-based diet can fight climate change – UN
2019.08.08 | BBC | Roger Harrabin

We can’t keep eating as we are – why isn’t the IPCC shouting this from the rooftops?
2019.08.08 | The Guardian | George Monbiot,

The Special Event presentation @ COP25, Madrid, 2019.12.05 ~ video recording

Analysis / Summary:

In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on the ocean and cryosphere
2019.09.25 | Carbon Brief

‘We’re all in big trouble’: UN climate report says oceans rising, ice melting faster
2019.09.25 | The Associated Press / Global News | Seth Borenstein,

Climate change: Scientists to report on ocean ’emergency’ caused by warming
2019.09.25 | BBC | Matt McGrath,

Flooded cities, vanishing sea life forecast in new UN-backed report
2019.09.25 | Thomas Reurters / CBC

Canadian fishermen feel effects of climate change as world panel sounds alarm bell
2019.09.25 | CBC News | Aly Thomson 

IPCC Report: Timely, ambitious and enduring political action needed to halt devastating impacts of climate crisis on oceans and ice systems
2019.09.25 | CAN (Climate Action Network)

Ice-hot news: The IPCC Special Report on the Oceans and the Cryosphere under Climate Change
2019.10.30 | The European Geosciences Union (EGU) blogs | Laura H. Rasmussen, Clara Burgard and Jenny Arthur 

Explainer

Paris Climate Agreement: Everything You Need to Know
2018.12.12 | NRDC | Melissa Denchak

5 Things to Know about the Paris Climate Agreement
2016.01.04 | CRCNA~Do Justice | Kyle Meyaard-Schaap

The Paris Agreement rulebook explained
2018.12.05 | Climate Home News | Natalie Sauer

Navigating the Paris Agreement Rulebook | World Resources Institute

Why Does the Paris Climate Agreement Need a Rulebook? 7 Questions and Answers
2019.06.13 | World Resources Institute | Nathan Cogswell and Yamide Dagnet 

A Brief Guide to the Paris Agreement and “Rulebook”
2019.06 | Center for Climate and Energy Solutions | Jennifer Huang 

NDC

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)
~ The GHG emission reduction pledges by nations, as mandated by the Paris Agreement

Paris tracker: Who pledged what for 2015 UN climate pact?
2016.02.04 Updated | Climate Home News

NDCs and current status | Climate Action Tracker | last update 2020.02

2020 NDC Tracker | Climate Watch

Initial NDC Synthesis Report
New Release: Greater Climate Ambition Urged as Initial NDC Synthesis Report Is Published
2021.02.26 | UNFCCC

Analysis

Most countries’ climate plans ‘totally inadequate’ – experts
2019.11.05 | The Guardian | Damian Carrington

Most countries aren’t hitting 2030 climate goals, and everyone will pay the price
2019.11.05 | National Geographic | Stephen Leahy | 
~ “Untold human suffering” is in our future as nations miss their Paris Agreement targets by a long shot. 

Actual report behind the above coverage: The Truth Behind the Paris Agreement Climate Pledges 

The Truth Behind the Climate Pledges
2019.11 | Universal Ecological Fund 
~ Useful charts and info on the pledges by nations

WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin
2019.11.25

Press Release
~ Greenhouse gas concentrations in atmosphere reach yet another high

News report

Climate-heating greenhouse gases hit new high, UN reports
~ Head of World Meteorological Organization says ‘no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline’
2019.11.25 | The Guardian | Damian Carrington

The State of the Global Climate 2020
2021.04.20
Youtube (https://youtu.be/pmUCGcBy8tM) 

Emissions Gap Report 2019
2019.11.26

News report:

Earth set to warm 3.2 C by 2100 unless efforts to cut emissions are tripled, new UN report finds
2019.11.26 | CBC News | Nicole Mortillaro 
~ One expert calls findings of 3.2 C warming ‘terrifying’

‘Catastrophic’: Canada set to miss 2030 emissions target by 15%, UN report says
2019.11.26 | Global News | Hannah Jackson

UN calls for push to cut greenhouse gas levels to avoid climate chaos
2019.11.26 | The Guardian | Fiona Harvey 
~ Global emissions must fall by 7.6% a year for next decade to avoid crisis, report says

Emissions Gap Report 2020
2020.12.09
Official Press release

News report:

The World Is Headed for 3 Degrees of Warming This Century, U.N. Report Warns—But a Green Pandemic Recovery Could Offer Hope
2020.12.09 | Time Magazine | ARYN BAKER

• Dense U.N. reports may not make onto anyone’s must read list for the holidays, so think of the United Nations Environment Program’s 2020 Emissions Gap survey as a warning letter from Santa, on behalf of the planet.
• The report, released today, is published at the end of every year and measures national commitments to reduce emissions against what science says is needed to limit global warming to an increase of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the goal set out by the 2015 Paris Agreement. This year, we are still firmly on the naughty list, as we have been for the past five years: Despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise of 3.2°C this century. …”

Adaptation Gap Report 2020
2021.01.14