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UN
Global Climate Action
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December
2023 | |
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Top
of the COP
High-Level
Champions' Newsletter for
COP28 | |
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‘GenerationCOP28’ -
Empowering Youth
Leaders through
Education | |
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Young
people are stepping up to the climate challenge -
not just as the leaders of tomorrow, but as
change-makers of today. Through education and
empowerment, countries can help to realize the
potential of young people - as powerful change
agents - capable of galvanizing ambition across
their economies.
Rising
up
- Youth
Stocktake: Youth
inclusion in global climate action has risen
steadily over the past decade, as shown by the
Global Youth Statement,
which brings together more than 700,000 inputs
from young people from 150 countries around the
world. However, there are clearly many gaps in
the participation of younger generations which -
once filled, will unlock their potential
as change-makers, both today and in the
future. That’s why the Youth Stocktake will be
published today; to provide an assessment of key
milestones, and challenges that need to be
addressed to bring global children and youth to
the international climate arena. As well as
evaluating progress, the Youth Stocktake will
also establish a mechanism to strengthen the
role of young people in the climate negotiations
going forward.
- The
Children and Youth Pavilion: ‘By the youth, for
the youth’: The
Children and Youth
Pavilion
has returned to COP for a second year of
amplifying the voices of young people, and
driving action on global climate policies to
secure their futures. If you have yet to visit
the Pavilion, today is an ideal day to visit and
to engage in lively
discussions, panel events and creative workshops
with young people who are passionate about
climate justice.
- Every
job is a climate job: The
UAE and UNESCO will host an Education Ministerial
meeting
this evening encouraging countries to commit to
improving climate education to meet the needs of
youth, educators and future workforces across
the education and vocational training landscape.
As well as highlighting the myriad opportunities
for young people to inspire and lead, the
meeting will act on the insight
that 83% of workers want to take action on
climate change through their jobs, according
to Kite Insights.
Resilience
- Youth
join Race to Resilience: The
Race to Resilience campaign has welcomed its
first youth-led initiative partner, joining
during COP28. The Green Africa Youth
Organization
is dedicated to providing solutions to pressing
environmental issues through youth empowerment,
skills development and public education. The
Organization works directly with local
communities to reduce the exposure of climate
vulnerable groups, such as children, youth and
women, working on issues from disaster risk
reduction, sustainable agriculture, to renewable
energy activism.
- Measuring
Resilience: Race to Resilience
partner, Arup, has published a practical guide
to help organizations report practical outputs
and outcomes of their resilience work to align
with the campaign’s metrics framework and assess
progress towards its overall goals. Arup
developed the paper alongside the High-Level
Champions.
- Resilient
Planet Initiative: A
new data initiative is underway to empower
communities, farmers, cities, businesses and
financiers with information on climate risk, to
boost their ability to adapt through resilience
solutions. The Resilient Planet
Initiative
is the outcome of the efforts of High-Level
Champions’ partners working on resilience
supported by Google.org. The founders of the
data hub - the Insurance Development Forum,
UNDRR and the University of Oxford - invites new
partners to join the initiative, starting now
and culminating at COP29.
- Universities
join the Race to Zero:
Universities and colleges around the world are
stepping up and taking action to reduce their
own emissions, according to the Race to Zero
Progress Report
released this week. Some 1,193 universities are
now in the campaign (including the University of
Dubai), up by 6% since 2022. Of those, 97% have
a net zero emissions target and 45% a published
transition plan.
Shipping
News
- Green
Maritime Africa Coalition: To
help to build a zero-emission, resilient
maritime sector in Africa, key public and
private organizations will launch the Green
Maritime Africa Coalition (GMAC) today. GMAC is
focused on promoting the supply and use of
zero-emission fuels in Africa’s maritime sector,
in line with the International Maritime
Organization’s (IMO) 2050 decarbonisation plan.
By convening maritime stakeholders, including
governments, policymakers, shipping companies,
charterers, port operators, banks and
universities, GMAC seeks to strengthen Africa’s
voice in global efforts to reduce GHG
emissions.
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About the High-Level
Champions | |
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Created
under the Paris Agreement, the UN Climate Change
High-Level Champions have a mandate to connect the
work of national governments with voluntary and
collaborative action taken by cities, regions,
businesses, investors and civil society worldwide.
Through the Race to Zero
and Race to Resilience
campaigns, the Champions are mobilizing robust,
science-based commitments and actions to reduce
emissions, build resilience and end nature loss in
line with limiting global warming to
1.5C.
For
more news from COP28, visit climatechampions.unfccc.int. | |
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Call
for major climate action announcements: Global
Climate Action
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The
secretariat is tracking major climate action
announcements made at COP 28 – including the
launch of initiatives and declarations and the
reporting of progress information on existing
initiatives and declarations.
The
announcements will be featured on the COP 28 Event
page of the UNFCCC’s Global Climate Action Portal
and will help inform the global climate action
outcomes at COP 28. You can notify us of your
announcements using this form. | |
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