This is the period world leaders are focusing
on for global climate action to make a genuine showing and commitments for it are to be set next year.
The Marrakech
Partnership for Global Climate Action supports implementation of the Paris Agreement by enabling collaboration between governments and the cities, regions, businesses and investors that must act on climate change.
Passive House Plus spoke to Prof Ürge - Vorsatz the day after Donald Trump had been elected US president, but despite the result, she was still relatively optimistic about the
prospects for global climate action.
We'll be continuing to do that at The Climate Group through driving our corporate campaigns, pushing the Under2 Coalition members in implementing their plans, leading a working
group for the Global Climate Action Summit, and bringing it all together again at Climate Week NYC 2018.
They posed five questions to guide the submissions regarding the understanding of the
landscape for global climate action; the role of the champions; the tracking and showcasing initiatives, the high - level event and the role of the TEMS.
The Supreme Court last week suspended the EPA Clean Power Plan, igniting speculation about the future of President Obama's signature climate initiative and the
stakes for global climate action.
Last year when they met in Morocco for the UN Climate Change Conference COP22, countries established the Marrakech
Partnership for Global Climate Action to encourage and coordinate this broad engagement.
The Arctic Council concluded its summit in Fairbanks, Alaska, with a communique which highlights the risks of climate change, affirms the
need for global climate action and notes the Paris Agreement, even as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson indicated the United States is currently reviewing its climate policies.
In addition to carrying the voice of water with the #ClimateIsWater initiative, and supporting its members and their events throughout COP23, the Council was co-coordinating Water Day, which was held on 10 November as part of the non-state actor engagement mechanism of the Marrakech Partnership
for Global Climate Action (MPGCA).
Based on these consultations, the champions finalized their proposal for the future of global climate action and on 17 November presented and published the Marrakech Partnership
for Global Climate Action.
In recent years, the secretariat also supports the Marrakech Partnership
for Global Climate Action, agreed by governments to signal that successful climate action requires strong support from a wide range of actors, including regions, cities, business, investors and all parts of civil society.
They welcomed the launch of the Marrakech Partnership
for Global Climate Action, which provides a a 2017 - 2020 roadmap for catalyzing action among Parties and all other climate stakeholders, strengthening the original Global Climate Action Agenda, which began in 2014 as a way to showcase Party and non-Party actions.