The Early Career Scholars for an Inclusive Stocktake (ECSIS) program gathers early-career scholars from around the world with diverse disciplinary and cultural backgrounds to discuss topics of urgency and relevance to the global stocktake. Facilitated by the Independent Global Stocktake’s (iGST) co-leads for the mitigation working group, Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) at the University of Maryland and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), this program aims to initiate a network of future academic leaders at the frontier of stocktaking research to better inform policymakers and incubate innovative thinking on broader climate challenges from crosscutting perspectives