These outcomes should be considered in the context of the "learning curve" along which the GM has been evolving over its limited period of existence, i.e., only four and a half years during which the GM has been confronted with a number of multifaceted challenges. These included:
Ces résultats doivent être considérés au regard de la «courbe d'apprentissage» que suit le Mécanisme mondial depuis sa création récente, soit quatre ans et demi pendant lesquels il a eu à résoudre plusieurs problématiques multiformes: