Race to Zero is a global campaign to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions, investors for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery that prevents future threats, creates decent jobs, and unlocks inclusive, sustainable growth.

Led by the High-Level Climate Champions for Climate Action - Nigel Topping and Gonzalo Muñoz - Race to Zero mobilizes actors outside of national governments to join the Climate Ambition Alliance, which was launched at the UNSG's Climate Action Summit 2019 by the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera.

The objective is to build momentum around the shift to a decarbonized economy ahead of COP26, where governments must strengthen their contributions to the Paris Agreement. This will send governments a resounding signal that business, cities, regions and investors are united in meeting the Paris goals and creating a more inclusive and resilient economy.

Find out how to join the Race to Zero by clicking here.

What the climate weeks are all about

The Africa Climate Week (ACW) is part of the Regional Climate Weeks held annually- a new edition of the Regional Carbon Forums that were organized annually by the Nairobi Framework Partnership (NFP) since 2007.

The ACW is a multipurpose platform designed to foster engagement between governments and non-government stakeholders to advance regional climate action. The ACW is organized to mobilize and enhance the required partnerships and collaborative approaches to address climate change.

Participation

The Africa climate week attracts participation of Heads of State, Ministers, Government officials, Heads of UN organizations and other multilateral agencies, Financial institutions, business leaders, civil society organizations, private sector, youth, academia, among others. These stakeholders create a hub for dialogue and reflection on addressing climate change challenges and opportunities in the region.

Participants can attend high-level segments, build capacity through workshops, participate in side events organized by the private sector, engage in dedicated sessions on technical discussions targeting the region’s most relevant transformative areas, engage with youth and civil society organizations and showcase their work. Registration for all participants is FREE

Further details on the Africa Climate Week can be found here:

If you want to become a technical expert and contribute to the UNFCCC process, please read the information available HERE

Organizations, cities, businesses, universities, governments, and others taking bold leadership on climate change can nominate their work for a UN Global Climate Action Award. 

The award, the focus of United Nations Climate Change's Momentum for Change initiative, recognizes the world's most innovative, scalable and replicable examples of action to tackle climate change. 

Applications for the 2020 UN Global Climate Action Award have been submitted until 11 May 2020. Application submission is now closed.

Climate Neutral Now Initiative Looks to the Future - Join Us!

Join the global community of organizations committing to voluntary action to accelerate the transition to a global climate neutral society by 2050.

All of us have a role to play in rapidly moving the planet towards a low-carbon future. We invite you to take part by estimating, reducing and compensating the greenhouse gas emissions associated with your organization.

Make the Climate Neutral Now pledge through a simple and flexible process, you can expand the range of voluntary actions taken by your organization to support climate action.

More here.

Learn more about Climate Neutral Now here.

The Paris Committee on Capacity-Building (PCCB), established under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, has a mandate to foster collaboration among climate-related capacity-building stakeholders at all levels, and to strengthen networks and partnerships, boost synergies and promote the sharing of knowledge and experiences. The PCCB Network is open to all public and private entities and initiatives at the local, national, regional and international levels who believe in the power of collective action! if you are a member of an entity or initiative involved in climate-related capacity-building, this voluntary Network is an ideal platform to join other actors across sectors and regions, exchange knowledge and experiences, and boost the impact of your climate actions.

Read more here on how to join the PCCB Network.

Online Questionnaire on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)

By its decision 4/CP.21, the COP requested the SBI to assess progress made in the process to formulate and implement NAPs at its forty-eighth session (April/May 2018), with a view to making recommendations thereon to the Conference of the Parties, as appropriate. By the same decision, the COP invited Parties to provide information to inform the assessment by the SBI, guided by an online questionnaire.

Check out this questionnaire designed to capture information from the Parties on the progress made in the formulation and implementation of NAPs. Parties are free to fill form more than once to include new information as necessary.

The Global Climate Action portal is an online platform where actors from around the globe - countries, regions, cities, companies, investors and other organizations - can display their commitments to act on climate change.

Launched by UN Climate Change, Peru and France in 2014, the portal was born of the realization that addressing climate change will take ambitious, broad-based action from all segments of society, public and private.

The aim is to present a clear, comprehensive view of Global Climate Action, recognizing actors and inspiring still greater ambition, for the good of current and future generations

Further details can be found here

Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) is a term adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to denote work under Article 6 of the Convention (1992) and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement.

The over-arching goal of ACE is to empower all members of society to engage in climate action, through education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information, and international cooperation on these issues.

Details on activities can be found here