Rebalance attention from global target setting toward national climate politics and policy

Is the process of ramping up greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets as part of an "ambition cycle" working to address the global climate crisis? The first Global Stocktake (GST) of progress recently submitted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) confirms that progress in reducing emissions is well behind what is required by science to limit global warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels. What is to be done? Part of the answer may lie in rebalancing attention away from generating global pressure for ambitious target setting and toward the detailed work of shifting politics and building policies at the national level.