UN
Climate Change
Global
Climate Action
14
June
2021 | |
High Level Climate Champions
Newsletter | |
Africa Climate Week 2021: Get
Involved! | |
The
organizing partners of the Africa
Climate Week 2021 are
accepting Expression
of Interest submissions from
stakeholders interested in joining the Virtual
Thematic Sessions.
Organized
in partnership by UN Climate Change, UNDP, UNEP
and the World Bank, the Africa Climate Week
Virtual Thematic Sessions are scheduled
for 26-29
July and
will be hosted by the Government of Uganda and
open to the public.
Each
of the Regional Climate Weeks provide a platform
for engagement by national and subnational
governments, regions, cities, indigenous
communities, the private sector, and civil
society. The Week is an opportunity to discuss
implementing national climate action plans under
the Paris Agreement and the regional
collaboration that enables bold ambition on the
way to COP 26 in Glasgow. This year, the
Regional Climate Weeks focus on three
themes:
- National
actions and economy-wide approaches –
Discussion on ambitious action in key sectors
and how these actions can integrate in national
planning and economic packages to enable
COVID-19 recovery and support the Paris
Agreement.
- Integrated
approaches for climate resilient
development – Collaboration to discuss the
climate risks facing Africa, develop low-carbon
solutions and seek partnerships for risk-based
approaches to adaptation and resilience
building.
- Seizing
transformation opportunities – A platform
to explore breakthrough solutions to deliver
climate action at a scale that puts Africa on a
low-emission and highly resilient development
pathway, with focus on key sectors of the
economy that need deep transformation.
Join
us by
sharing an engaging video in the Action Hub,
hosting a Side Event or as a Supporting
Organization for one of the thematic tracks.
Submit your Expression of Interest before
the 21
June deadline.
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How Do You See the Future of the Race to
Zero? | |
You
can share your views on the future of the Race
to Zero campaign with the High-Level Champions
for Climate Action, by attending the opening
session and launch of the Public
Consultation on the Future of the Race to
Zero on
23 June. You can register
for the event here.
This session will start a 10-week period for
receiving written feedback to consultation
questions, which will be published soon after
the event.
The
consultation will explore how to drive
cooperation and coordination within the climate
action ecosystem to leverage the capacity and
expertise of cities, regions, businesses,
investors and civil society and ensure that
commitments are fulfilled in the 2020s and
beyond. It builds on a recent process to clarify
and strengthen the Race to
Zero's campaign criteria.
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Reminder: One Year Into the Race to
Zero
Leaders
Summit | |
A
year after it launched, the Race to Zero now
includes more than 2,300
companies, 700 cities, 160 investors and 24
cities,
and is running in parallel with its new sibling
campaign, the Race to Resilience. Both are
helping to drive a 50 percent reduction in
global greenhouse gas emissions between 2020 and
2030 - while restoring nature and building
resilience for the 4 billion people most at risk
from the climate crisis now.
But
the private sector and local governments also
need to join UN Secretary-General António
Guterres and the High-Level Champions in calling
for ambitious climate action. The UN Global
Compact Leaders Summit starting tomorrow - 15-16
June - will look at the transformational shifts
already underway and what is needed to
accelerate them. Breakout sessions will focus on
cities, transport, bridging the gap between
mitigation and adaptation and engaging the
youth, among other issues.
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