Let's finish COP28 strong - with a fossil fuel phase out, multilevel action and support for local and regional adaptation
Status of Negotiations
COP28 has officially been extended. We expect the next round of Global Stocktake outcomes text around 18:00 Dubai time (15:00 CET).
The LGMA supports the strong pressure for fossil fuel phase out that is dominating the final negotiations, as detailed in our COP28 Position Statement: "We share the responsibility of addressing the climate crisis through multi-level cooperation between our levels of government to achieve the phaseout of fossil fuels as quick as possible."
We continue to call on Parties to keep up the leadership of the COP28 Presidency and step up "Multilevel Action" in the Global Stock outcomes and build a bridge to more ambitious 2025 NDCs by engaging all levels of government. Our specific text recommendations can be found here.
The LGMA supports the newest text of the Glasgow Sharm El Sheikh program to define the Global Goal on Adaptation released in the afternoon on Monday 11 Dec. The text has several mentions of importance on subnational and local governments and local adaptation, with relevant references in the preamble, paragraph 9, 12, 13,19 and 33. We ask Parties to safeguard these texts as additional streamlining happens in the negotiations.
We look forward to seeing you at the COP28 LGMA Debrief
Thursday 21 December 2023
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LGMA intervention at the Global Climate Action high level closing
“With current national policies, the planet is STILL on track to a 2.9 degrees future. Like other communities in Small Island Developing States, we in Kiribati cannot adapt to a temperature rise that high. Our islands will be submerged by rising seas and other climate disasters. The scale of damage is beyond imagination,” said Baraniko Baaro, Mayor of Teinainano Urban Council (Tarawa), Kiribati (Photo by COP28 / Christopher Pike).
Watch Japan's historic support from the floor of COP28
After the introduction of the term "multilevel action" at the COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact in 2021, and launch of COP28 CHAMP initiative with 70 endorsers and counting, Japan madethe first-ever strong Party statement on multilevel action at an official UNFCCC mandated event. Japan is the Chair of G7 in 2023 and convener of the first-ever G7 Roundtable on Subnational Climate Action with Ministers of Climate and Urbanization, in collaboration with U7.
Did you miss a session at the Multilevel Action & Urbanization Pavilion?
Throughout these two weeks at COP28, a lot has happened at the Multilevel Action & Urbanization Pavilion. Check out recordings of all the events at that were livestreamed.
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