Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme
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Decisions

Decision 4/CMA.5, Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme referred to in decision 4/CMA.4

Decision 4/CMA.4, Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme. 

Decision 1/CMA.4, Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan (paragraph 19) 

Decision 1/CMA.3, Glasgow Climate Pact (paragraph 27) 

 

Reports

Annual report on the global dialogue under the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme. Report by the secretariat

Report on the second global dialogue under the Sharm el Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme. Report by the co-chairs of the work programme

Report on the first global dialogue under the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme. Report by the co-chairs of the work programme

 

Communications to Parties, observers and other non-Party Stakeholders 

Topics to be discussed at dialogues under the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme in 2024

Topics to be discussed at dialogues under the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme in 2023

Message from the chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation - Appointment of the co-chairs for the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme

Submissions from Parties and non-Party stakeholders

In accordance with Decision 4/CMA.5, para 9, we would like to remind Parties, observers, and other non-Party stakeholders to submit their views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topic via the submission portal four weeks before the dialogue.

Submissions received can be viewed here. 

High-level ministerial round table on pre-2030 ambition

In accordance with 1/CMA.3, para. 31, Parties decided to convene an annual high-level ministerial round table on pre-2030 ambition, beginning at the CMA4. 

In accordance with Decision 4/CMA.4, para 17, the high-level ministerial round table on pre-2030 ambition will be informed by the reports of the co-chairs of the work programme. 

First High-level ministerial round table on pre-2030 ambition, COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh (2022)

2023 Annual High-level Ministerial Round Table on pre-2030 Ambition, Dubai (2023)

Global Stocktake

In accordance with the Decision 4/CMA.4, recalling the Decision 1/CMA.3, paragraph 27, in which it was decided to establish a work programme for urgently scaling up mitigation ambition and implementation in this critical decade in a manner that complements the global stocktake, Parties confirms that the objective of the work programme for urgently scaling up mitigation ambition and implementation referred to in paragraph 27 of decision 1/CMA.3 shall be to urgently scale up mitigation ambition and implementation in this critical decade in a manner that complements the global stocktake and notes that the annual reports prepared by the co-chairs will be made available for the global stocktake consistently with the modalities set out in Decision 19/CMA.1. 

Official webpage of the global stocktake can be accessed here. 

Contact

Contact the secretariat at MWP@unfccc.int.  

Delegates at COP27 celebrate the end of the conference up on the main podium.
Credit: Kiara Worth

***LATEST NEWS***

The third global dialogue and investment-focused event (Decision 4/CMA.4, para 8 and 11) under the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP) takes place from 27th to 29th May 2024 in Bonn. Click HERE to see the event page and click HERE to see the latest agenda. 
The work programme in 2024 will focus on “Cities: buildings and urban systems", including by: 
  • Reducing operational emissions (heating, cooling and appliances); 
  • Designing building envelope for efficiency (retrofitting, new construction); 
  • Reducing embodied emissions (building materials). 
The co-chairs would like to encourage Parties, observers and other non-Party stakeholders to submit their views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topics of the dialogues via the submission portal as early as possible, ideally by 31 March 2024 for the first global dialogue and by 31 July 2024 for the second global dialogue، respectively, and no later than four weeks before each dialogue, in order for us to share the agenda well in advance. (Decision 4/CMA.5, paragraph 9). 
Topics, activities, reports, co-chairs
Topics, activities and reports 2024
Topics

The co-chairs of the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme are pleased to communicate, that considering the submissions on suggested topics in line with the scope of the work programme from Parties, observers and other non-Party stakeholders, the dialogues taking place under the work programme in 2024 will focus on Cities: buildings and urban systems, including by: 

  • Reducing operational emissions (heating, cooling and appliances); 
  • Designing building envelope for efficiency (retrofitting, new construction); 
  • Reducing embodied emissions (building materials). 

The co-chairs would like to encourage Parties, observers and other non-Party stakeholders to submit their views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topics of the dialogues via the submission portal as early as possible, ideally by 31 March 2024 for the first global dialogue and by 31 July 2024 for the second global dialogue، respectively, and no later than four weeks before each dialogue, in order for us to share the agenda well in advance. (Decision 4/CMA.5, paragraph 9). 

 

 

Activities

The third global dialogue and investment-focused event (Decision 4/CMA.4, para 8 and 11) under the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP) takes place from 27th to 29th May 2024 in Bonn. Click HERE to see the event page and click HERE to see the latest agenda. 

 

Reports

Reports will be published after the activities. 

 

Topics, activities and reports 2023
Topics

The co-chairs of the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme  are pleased to communicate, that considering the submissions on suggested topics in line with the scope of the work programme from Parties, observers and other non-Party stakeholders, the dialogues taking place under the work programme in 2023 will focus on accelerating just energy transition, including by:

  • Implementing policies and measures with global overview and country-specific experience;
  • Addressing financial, technological and capacity-building needs in this area, such as through international cooperation, including with non-Party stakeholders, and provision of support to developing countries;
  • Promoting sustainable development and understanding socioeconomic effects.

The first global dialogue and the first investment focused event will be organized in conjunction with SB 58. 

The co-chairs would like to encourage Parties, observers and other non-Party stakeholders to submit their views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topics of the dialogues via the submission portal no later than four weeks before each dialogue (decision 4/CMA.4, paragraph 14).

 

Activities

The Second Global Dialogue and Investment-Focused Event (Decision 4/CMA.4, para 8 and 11) under the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP) will take place from 15–17 October, 2023 in Abu Dhabi. Click here to see the event page. 

The First Global Dialogue and Investment-Focused Event (Decision 4/CMA.4, para 8 and 11) under the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP) took place from 3rd to 5th June, 2023 in Bonn. Click here to see the event page. 

 

Reports

Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme. Annual report by the secretariat

Report on the second global dialogue under the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme

Report on the first global dialogue under the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme

Co-chairs

In accordance with Decision 4/CMA.4, para. 7, the Chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation are requested to appoint, well in advance of the fifty-eighth sessions of the subsidiary bodies (June 2023) and every two years thereafter, in consultation with respective constituencies, two co-chairs for the work programme, one from a developed country Party and one from a developing country Party.

The Chairs of the subsidiary bodies, have appointed Amr Osama Abdel-Aziz (Egypt) and Lola Vallejo (France) as the co-chairs for the Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme for 2023–2024. Please see the introduction of the two co-chairs here.

Background

In November 2021, by Decision 1/CMA3, para. 27, Parties established a work programme to urgently scale up mitigation ambition and implementation in this critical decade in a manner that complements the global stocktake. 

In November 2022, by Decision 4/CMA.4, Parties agreed Mitigation work programme to: 

  • start immediately after the COP27/CMA4 and continue until its eighth session (2026), with a view to adopting a decision on the continuation of the work programme at that session
  • be carried out under the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) 
  • be implemented under the guidance of the two co-chairs appointed every two years by the Chairs of the SBSTA and SBI 
  • hold at least two global dialogues every year and investment-focused events 

The co-chairs decide the topics of each dialogue by 1 March based on submissions received by 1 February. Parties, observers and other non-Party stakeholders are invited to submit their views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topics of the dialogues via the submission portal four weeks before each dialogue. 

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