the findings of the ipcc served as the scientific basis for the secretarygenerals climate leadership throughout and provided added urgency to the negotiations under the unfccc on the paris agreement as defined by both cop and cop o indcs were to reflect parties planned climate actions in order to facilitate clarity transparency and understanding and were to be submitted well in advance of cop and in the first quarter of by those parties able to do so in early the secretarygeneral prioritized engaging leaders on early submission of indcs meaning that by the time the cop opened countries had submitted their indcs