The Action for Climate Empowerment* Hub (ACE Hub) is a three-year collaboration launched in 2022 between the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and UN Climate Change. The objective of the ACE Hub is to increase public support for, and engagement in, climate action activities that can help accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement across all sectors of society.
The activities of the ACE Hub are delivered through its three pillars focusing on national ACE focal points, youth and multi-stakeholder collaboration, and support the implementation of the Glasgow work programme on ACE and its four-year action plan. This includes providing capacity building, tools and knowledge to governments and other stakeholders across the world and delivering workshops, webinars and networking events.
Youth is a special focus of the ACE Hub and activities dedicated to supporting meaningful youth engagement will also be delivered, including regional youth dialogues and an ACE Hub youth event which will take place in Bonn, Germany to increase awareness, education and participation in climate action.
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*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 the six ACE elements - climate change education and public awareness, training, public participation, public access to information, and international cooperation on these issues.
Building and strengthening the existing skills and capacities of national ACE focal points to accelerate ACE implementation at the regional, national and local levels and facilitating a regular exchange of views, good practices and lessons learned on ACE implementation.
The information on the ACE Focal Points and the procedure to nominate can be consulted here.
Empowering young leaders to mobilize climate solutions at the city, regional and national levels, in support of Parties’ efforts encouraged under the Paris Agreement.
Fostering climate action and innovative climate solutions by bridging activities in Bonn and NRW to global processes and connecting the work of UN Climate Change, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy, development partners, stakeholders, universities and companies.
Co-organized by the ACE Team, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Under2 Coalition, the reception on 14 November at COP29 was an opportunity to bring together Ministers, negotiators, national ACE focal points, national and subnational governments and entities, practitioners, UN agencies, youth, the private sector and civil society for an evening of networking. The event celebrated the ACE Hub’s achievements over the past three years and officially launched ACE Hub 2.0 - the next phase of the project.
Specifically, the reception aimed to:
Launch and raise awareness of ACE Hub 2.0 by showcasing its potential and what we hope to achieve
Highlight the importance of radical collaboration and multi stakeholder engagement in climate action
Generate interest in ACE Hub 2.0 among potential strategic, technical and creative collaborators and funders
Programme
Welcoming remarks
Fleur Newman, Action Empowerment Unit Lead, UNFCCC
Opening and scene setting
Introducing ACE and ACE Hub (Video)
Sarah Simon, Policy Officer Climate Politics, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Joshua Amponsem, Founder, Green Africa Youth Organization and Co-Director, Youth Climate Justice Fund
Marília Carvalho de Melo, Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainable Development, Minas Gerais
Lydia Dean Pilcher, Filmmaker, Professor of Climate & Storytelling Arts (Columbia Climate School), & Co-Chair, Sustainability Task Force, Producers Guild of America
Leo Bejarano, Head of the Catalan Office for Climate Change
