The two-day World Leaders Climate Action Summit kicks off today bringing together heads of state and government, ministers, and leaders of international organizations to discuss pressing climate change challenges and commitments.
The Summit is part of the official activities of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), which runs from November 10 to 21. Convened by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the meeting represents a key milestone in the process of mobilization and international dialogue on the climate agenda. Both the Summit and COP30 provide a platform for world leaders to raise ambition, translate climate pledges into concrete, real-economy outcomes.
Throughout both days of the Leaders' Summit, heads of delegation will take the floor in the Plenary Hall to deliver their formal speeches on climate. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations will address the Leaders’ Summit today.
The opening plenary will be streamed on UN Web TV from 10:30 – 17:30 Belém time today here.
Ahead of COP30, UN Climate Change has produced three key mandated reports that shed light on where progress is happening and where more acceleration is still needed.
The Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) Synthesis Report, released today, is the first of its kind, and shows countries starting to implement the Paris Agreement in the reporting period, in a systematic way, driving real-world progress. It also highlights a clear need for broader and faster progress, as well as various key enablers and barriers.
The NDC Synthesis Report, released on Tuesday 28 October, shows clear progress in reducing emissions, along with whole-of-economy, whole-of-economy approaches in countries' national climate plans (formally called Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs). Additional calculations highlighted in the accompanying statement from the Executive Secretary show global emissions clearly falling for the first time, by 10% by 2035. However, this is not nearly enough, and the Executive Secretary has urged urgent acceleration to keep the goals of the Paris Agreement within reach.
The NAP Synthesis Report, released on Tuesday 21 October, shows the directions, foundations and frameworks for building climate resilience are now increasingly in place and evident in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). However the report and accompanying statement from the Executive Secretary also highlights the an urgent need for acceleration, and well as major scale of support still required, particularly for vulnerable and developing countries.
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