This document contains performance data for all objectives presented in the updated work programme of the secretariat for the biennium 2020–2021. It also provides details of the outputs delivered by the secretariat. It should be considered in conjunction with document FCCC/SBI/2021/5, which contains the report on budget performance and programme delivery for the biennium 2020–2021 as at 31 December 2020.

The year 2020 was characterized by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which affected the UNFCCC intergovernmental process in many ways. Most significantly, the sessional meetings of the governing and subsidiary bodies were postponed. However, international collaboration on climate change continued in the absence of physical meetings.