I. Background and Objective

The annual Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) provides a regular forum for Parties and other stakeholders to share their experiences, exchange ideas, good practices, and lessons learned regarding the implementation of Article 6 of the Convention and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement through its six elements – climate change education and public awareness, training, public participation and access to information and international cooperation on these matters.

At COP 26, Parties adopted the 10-year Glasgow work programme on ACE (GWP), which requested the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to continue to hold ACE Dialogues at its first regular session of each year with the participation of Parties, representatives of relevant constituted bodies, and relevant experts, practitioners, and stakeholders. The ACE Dialogue focuses on the progress of implementation of the Glasgow work programme, and its four priority areas: 1) policy coherence, 2) coordinated action, 3) tools and support, and 3) monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.[1]

The ACE Dialogue 2025 will discuss the priority areas of policy coherence and coordinated action, which are defined in the Glasgow work program on ACE as follows:

• Policy coherence: aims to strengthen coordination of work under ACE, recognizing that activities related to ACE are also carried out under workstreams that are part of the UNFCCC process, as well as under frameworks and processes of the United Nations system and in multiple sectors and strategies at the national level.
• Coordinated action: aims to build long-term, strategic, operational, multilevel, multi-stakeholder, intergenerational partnerships that bring together expertise, resources, and knowledge to accelerate the use of ACE elements in implementation.

This year, the ACE Dialogue includes two activities from the ACE action plan [2] under policy coherence:

• A joint session with representatives of the UNFCCC constituted bodies and all work programmes under the UNFCCC to discuss ways of enhancing understanding of the role of children and youth and Indigenous Peoples in accelerating ACE implementation and promoting intergenerational knowledge-sharing in the context of their work (Policy coherence, activity A.1); and
• An interactive workshop on developing and implementing national climate change policies, plans, strategies and action using a clear, inclusive, intergenerational and gender-responsive approach (Policy coherence, activity A.2).

II. Participation

The ACE Dialogue 2025 will be open for participation by a diverse range of stakeholders including Parties, representatives of relevant bodies established under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, relevant experts, practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders. No registration is required.

Virtual participation will be possible, with simultaneous interpretation into French and Spanish for on-site participants. The recordings of the event and the presentations will be published on the UNFCCC website.

III. Expected outcome

The outcome of the dialogue will be incorporated into the annual summary report, prepared by the secretariat, on progress in implementing activities under the Glasgow Work Programme for consideration by the SBI at COP30.

IV. Overall schedule