Since before Paris, the UNFCCC process has created institutions to encourage and recognize climate action by cities, business, states/regions, investors, and other “non-Party” actors, as well as cooperative initiatives that involve sub- and non-state actors as well as national governments. At COP25, Parties extended the mandate of this Global Climate Action (GCA) “space” and tasked the High-level Champions to explore how such arrangements can be improved.
This document builds on discussions and brainstorming on the future of GCA carried out through the Galvanizing the Groundswell of Climate Actions network over the past year. It puts forward a vision for what GCA might look like going forward. It is intended not as a final statement, but as an input to and stimulus for further discussions over the course of 2020.
