This document is a response to the High-level Champions’ Letter of 27 March 2020 on behalf of Galvanizing the Groundswell of Climate Actions (www.climategroundswell.org), a series of convenings that aims to improve the role of sub- and non-state climate action within the UNFCCC process.
This joint submission is complementary to any individual submissions sent in by the organizations that participate in Galvanizing the Groundswell of Climate Actions meetings.
This submission draws on discussions convened by Galvanizing the Groundswell of Climate Actions over the past years, and in particular on an “online atelier” held in May 2020. A summary report from this event is available on the GGCA website here.
In the submission, we respond to each of the Champions’ four questions. In addition, we emphasize the value of continuing this conversation in the run-up to COP26. Pursuant to decision 1/CP.25’s request to the Champions to explore opportunities to improve the Marrakech Partnership, we see value in building on this round of consultations with further practical steps linking the immediate, urgent work of the Partnership to not just further discussion of how to improve it, but also active experimentation.
Next steps might include regular regional dialogues on climate action, piloting some of the best ideas that emerge from this consultation, and discussing the longer-term vision for, e.g., core activities like the Race to Zero campaign or the Pathways even as we build them up. Galvanizing the Groundswell of Climate Actions remains committed to helping convene the climate action community--both Parties and non-Parties--to advance this essential work.
