THE NON PARTY STAKEHOLDERCOMMITMENT TO DELIVER THIS DECADE
11/11/2021
Here in Glasgow at COP26, we, the undersigned Non-Party Stakeholders (NPS) who work withbusinesses, cities, states, regions, investors and civil society around the world on climate, join
together to declare/state:

1. The dire scientific warnings and real-life evidence of growing and more severe climate
impacts, and the loss of lives and the damage they are causing, demand an urgent and resoluteresponse. The current climate emergency requires us to accelerate and intensify action, thisdecade, to keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal, resilience and adaptation
objective and finance objective within reach.
2. This stark reality demands concerted efforts by all actors in society to halve global emissions,boost the climate resilience of 4 billion vulnerable people, and making trillions of finance flows
consistent with these climate goals by 2030, to get the world on track for a healthy, resilient, zerocarbon world as soon as possible, and by 2050 at the latest.
3. To date, we have built significant momentum in non-party stakeholder commitments andaction working with the High-Level Champions for Climate Action (HLCs) and the Marrakech
Partnership, as established by the Parties at COP21 and COP22 respectively. We view theseefforts as a critical lever for accelerating the development and implementation of enhanced
Nationally Determined Contributions, Long Term Strategies, National Adaptation Plans andfinancial commitments at the national and international level, accelerating the ‘ambition loop’ in
which non-party stakeholder leadership and ambitious policy positively reinforce each other tofurther ratchet up ambitious action on all fronts and to close the remaining gaps.
4. In this regard, we welcome and commit to fully support the implementation of the HLCs’ planfor improving work under the Marrakech Partnership, as requested by Parties at COP25 whenthe mandate was extended for another 5 years, including through wider and deeper engagement
through the Race to Zero, Race to Resilience, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, theMarrakech Partnership Sector Pathways and 2030 Breakthroughs. Through these global
campaigns, we will continue to build momentum, drive alignment and convergence amongst awide and diverse group of non-party stakeholders to foster the radical collaboration needed
between non-party stakeholders and parties to achieve our shared, science-based goals.
5. To deliver on this vision in this ‘Decisive Decade’ for climate action, we stand ready toaccelerate our efforts through an improved Marrakech Partnership, maximizing the impact of thework of all non-party stakeholders with a focus on the following:(a) Act now in line with the science, by driving further momentum in the number ofcredible, transparent, science-aligned, high ambition climate targets and plans from business,investors, cities, states and regions in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, working
through the Race to Zero, Race to Resilience and Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero. From
here forward, our focus will be on turning those commitments into urgent action, strengthening
near term plans, ensuring consistency of action across all levers of influence, and on
strengthening the internal and external mechanisms to track and report on progress. We will
work with nature to deliver these changes to deliver mitigation and adaptation benefits, and toenhance the world’s ecosystems and biodiversity.

1(b) Drive exponential systems change by accelerating the complex task of working
within and across value chains and sectors to transform the global economy, to adapt and build
resilience, and limit warming to 1.5°C. We will be guided by the near-term goals in the 2030
Breakthroughs derived from the Marrakech Partnership 1.5-Degree Climate Action
Pathways published earlier this year, and the insights from the Resilience Transformations,continue to update them in line with the latest science and locally-led best practice, and drive
new levels of radical collaboration across non-party stakeholders and with Parties, within andacross sectors.
(c) Work with national governments. We welcome the leadership of those countries
who have significantly increased their ambition for COP 26, through strengthened NDCs,
improved Long Term Strategies, enhanced National Adaptation Plans, increased climate financecommitments, and the Glasgow Breakthroughs. However, noting the significant remaining gap toreach the goals of the Paris Agreement, we will continue to strengthen the unique platform of theMarrakech Partnership to support countries to further increase ambition and action on mitigation
and adaptation. This will include: participating actively in multi-stakeholder dialogues andpartnerships; supporting vibrant and constructive national climate policy processes, andpromoting climate solutions that can inspire and contribute to new climate regulations. We will
work with a spirit of collaboration to contribute to an emerging inclusive multilateralism to support
an urgent “all of society” response to the climate crisis.
(d) Deepen local engagement to ensure an inclusive, equitable, global,
multi-stakeholder approach, ensuring that ideas, inputs, expertise and perspectives arebrought in from all corners of the globe and every sector of society, with special recognition andattention paid to the needs and ideas of those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
We will focus on expanding the geographic reach of our campaigns, keeping people and locallyled principles and solutions at the heart of our efforts. We look forward to supporting the COP27
presidency next year, hosted by Africa as an immediate opportunity to highlight and demonstrate
opportunities for leadership and action in that region, and we are committed to ensuring ourcampaigns and work are tailored to help all countries accelerate localized solutions as we pursue
a rapid global transition to a net-zero and climate-resilient world.
(e) Build and adhere to the highest standards of transparency and accountability for
Non-Party Stakeholder commitments, which lie at the heart of the credibility and impact of ourwork. Transparent, actionable and informative tracking of progress will be key to ensuring theintegrity of commitments and that they translate into robust climate action. We will work to ensurethat progress across the landscape is clearly communicated to inform and inspire further action
and leadership by all where it is needed most to close the remaining gaps to limit warming to
1.5°C and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. In particular, we are committed toprovide high quality, timely and actionable inputs into the Global Stocktake, to ensure it is aseffective as possible in increasing ambition.
Although much progress has been made since Paris from Non-Party Stakeholders and theenhanced national plans and policies presented in Glasgow, there is still a significant gap tobridge over to the level of ambition required to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement,and time is running out. This public declaration is our commitment to do everything we can tobridge this gap, and keep a 1.5°C temperature limit within reach.

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