Local Leaders Forum Highlights
Three-day forum hosted by COP30 Presidency and Bloomberg Philanthropies brought together hundreds of mayors, governors, and regional champions ahead of COP30 in Belém
The Local Climate Action Summit unveiled the COP30 Local Leaders Forum Outcome Statement, calling on heads of state at COP30 to partner on three solutions to power a decade of transformative climate action
Co-hosted by the COP30 Presidency and Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Forum brought together nearly 3,000 mayors, governors, and subnational leaders from over 120 countries for more than 60 sessions of dialogue, partnership-building, and solution-sharing. Chaired by a distinguished group of local and global leaders, the gathering marked a pivotal moment in the effort to embed local leadership at the heart of international climate negotiations and action.
Joint Outcome Statement
Unveiled at the Local Climate Action Summit as the culminating outcome of the COP30 Local Leaders Forum, the Local Leaders Joint Statement is a declaration of support from more than 14,000 cities, towns, states, regions, and provinces across every continent, affirming their collective commitment to advancing real, on-the-ground climate solutions.
Responding to the COP30 Presidency’s call to bring solutions to Belém as part of the global mutirão, local leaders presented three viable solutions to national governments to fast-track action in this decisive decade for climate action.
Local leaders are committed to:
- Helping countries achieve their national climate goals by actively engaging as partners in implementation and ensuring a just and resilient transition.
- Ensuring a robust pipeline of over 2,500 transformative, bankable local projects to help localize and channel climate finance for both mitigation and adaptation.
- Advancing multilevel action and collaboration to make the COP process one of implementation and accountability.
A delegation of local representatives presented the joint outcome statement to UN Secretary-General António Guterres during COP30 World Leaders Summit in Belém. Representing thousands of mayors and regional leaders worldwide, leaders Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, C40 Cities’ Vice Chair and Global Ambassador for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM); Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, Mayor of Malmö and ICLEI president; Igor Normando, Mayor of Belém; and Helder Barbalho, Governor of Pará, led the handover.
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Anacláudia Rossbach, and the President of the Regional Council of Nouakchott, Mauritania, Fatimatou Abdel Malick, also attended the meeting.
The delegation also presented the statement to Dan Ioschpe, COP30 High-Level Champion, in recognition of his crucial role in connecting national and local leadership at COP30.
