From Talanoa
Dialogue to NDCs:
Shifting climate
ambition throughmultilevel action

COP24 Report and 2019 Cimate Advocacy Agenda

ICLEI – LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY is a global network of more than 1,750 local and regional
governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in 100+ countries, we influence sustainability
policy and drive local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development. Our
Members and team of experts work together through peer exchange, partnerships and capacity building to create
systemic change for urban sustainability.

GLOBAL ADVOCACY AT ICLEIICLEI aims to build a global policy environment that supports local and regional governments in their efforts toscale up sustainable urban development worldwide. Through our advocacy with our partners, we have reshaped theglobal sustainability landscape to ensure local and regional governments are recognized, engaged and resourced,
and demonstrated their crucial role in translating global policy into action. Members of the ICLEI network are an
integral part of our global advocacy. They represent ICLEI in intergovernmental processes and national dialogues
that form the basis for implementing the global sustainable development agenda.

ADVOCACY LEADERSHIPYUNUS ARIKAN - DIRECTOR, GLOBAL ADVOCACY
Yunus leads ICLEI´s global advocacy towards United Nations and multilateral environmental agreements.
He also led establishment of the Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting – carbonn Center–and served as the Director of the Secretariat for the World Mayors Council on Climate Change. Since 2009,
he serves as the Focal Point of Local Governments and Municipal Authorities Constituency (LGMA) to
the UNFCCC on behalf of ICLEI. He has a background in environmental engineering.
cities-and-regions.org@ICLEI_advocacy

AUTHORSCITATION

Yunus Arikan, Jisun Hwang and Robert Meyer,
ICLEI World Secretariat

This publication should be cited as ICLEI - Local
Governments for Sustainability, 2019. From Talanoa
Dialogues to NDCs: Shifting climate ambition throughmultilevel action. Bonn, Germany.

CONTRIBUTORS
Maryke van Staden, Ariel Dekovic and Gino Van Begin,
ICLEI World Secretariat

DESIGN
Matteo Franceschi, ICLEI World Secretariat

PUBLISHERICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability e.V. KaiserFriedrich-Strasse 7 53113 Bonn, Germany
www.iclei.org©2019 ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability e.V. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS»» Global climate advocacy empowering local action ���������������������� 5»» Legacy of COP24 �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 8• Key COP24 outcomes ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9• Mobilization at COP24 �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10• ICLEI and LGMA in 2018 ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 12»» Agenda in 2019 ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14• 1. Build NDCs on the Talanoa spirit ��������������������������������������������������������� 14• 2. Localize climate finance ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 16• 3. Raise ambition through parnerships ��������������������������������������������������� 17

Climate
negotiations aremuch more than the annual
Climate Conference of the Parties(COP). ICLEI, with our partners, works
year-round to influence the details of
implementing COP mandates and raise new
points for discussion ahead of the annual gathering.

GLOBAL CLIMATEADVOCACYEMPOWERING LOCALACTION
Local and regional governments are closest to the consumption and development
patterns that generate the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and prone to theimpacts of climate change. As such, they are the key to trigger many changes fortransforming into a low-emission resilient human civilization.
The global climate advocacy of local and regional governments aims to ensure that
their concerns, needs and inputs are reflected as appropriate into the design and implementation of the global climate agenda. With the recognition of the importance of theengagement of all levels of governments in the Paris Agreement in 2015, special attention will be paid to delivery of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in 2020
and raising the global ambitions through urban-climate nexus and multilevel action.
What is the LGMA constituency?
At the Earth Summit in 1992, nine stakeholder groups, including local
authorities, were designated as essential partners in society for the
implementation of global sustainability agenda. The Local Governments
and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency has represented local andregional governments at the processes under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since the first Conference ofParties (COP) in 1995. As of 2019, the LGMA Constituency includes morethan 25 national, regional, global and thematic networks of local and regional
governments that are admitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat. ICLEI acts as the
LGMA Constituency Focal Point since its inception to facilitate the dialogue
and collaboration of the constituency with the UNFCCC Secretariat, Parties
and other stakeholders. Since 2013, LGMA is strongly connected to the workof the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments.
Visit Annex I for the evolution of the LGMA Contituency

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ENGAGING LOCAL AND REGIONAL
GOVERNMENTS IN GLOBAL CLIMATE ADVOCACYSHOWCASE ACTION
Local and regional governments translate
UNFCCC decisions into daily life through theirpolicies and proposals. Networks and partners
help through projects or initiatives.

Local and regional governments demonstrate
their progress through reporting platforms suchas that of CDP-ICLEI which then feed into NonState Actor Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA)
Portal of the UNFCCC.

PARTICIPATE IN CONSULTATIONSUNFCCC admitted networks of local and regional
governments are invited as speakers or participants
to UNFCCC thematic workshops or technicalgroups working throughout the year. ICLEI, as
LGMA Focal Point, coordinates nomination process.

UNFCCC-led Marrakech Partnership for Global
Climate Action convenes multi-stakeholder
Thematic Groups. LGMA Members and partners
can contribute in specific events and documents.

CONTRIBUTE TO DECISION-MAKING
On selected negotiation items, UNFCCC can invite
Non-Party Stakeholders to submit their written
views, individually or collectively.

Every mid-year in Bonn and ahead of theyear end COP, UNFCCC convenes negotiation
sessions or ad-hoc, time-bounded and themespecific negotitation sessions. ICLEI, as the
LGMA Focal Point, coordinates drafting anddelivery of interventions at each item or at theHigh Level Segments.

Learn more about how the LGMA has engaged historically in Annex I

6UNFCCC-admitted networks of local and regional
governments host side events at UNFCCC events.
Host cities and regions can convene summits
during the COP. ICLEI as the LGMA Focal Point
helps collective promotion and coordination.

ICLEI as the LGMA Focal Point coordinates
regular online or in-person dialogues on relevant
negotiation agendas with Friends of Cities at the
UNFCCC, composing of negotiators of Parties
that support multilevel action.

Dialogues and collaboration with Friends ofCities at the UNFCCC may feed into revisions
or inputs to the negotiation texts that will be
adopted at COP.

CONFERENCE
OF THEPARTIES(COP)
Convenes annually.
Ministers agree on decisions.
Heads of States provide
political guidance throughUN Climate Action Summits.

Visit Annex II on how to engage in the UNFCCC

7LEGACY OF COP24
Each Conference of the Parties (COP) is unique due to political challenges, priorities of host countries, and the logisticalhurdle of creating an all-inclusive global conference attracting tens of thousands of participants, ranging from activists
to heads of state.
COP24 in Katowice represented the intersection of three important moments. The detailed rules and proceduresfor the full implementation of the Paris Agreement were drafted. Secondly, the Talanoa Dialogue, that was kickedoff at COP23 in Bonn in 2017 as a year-long, inclusive consultation to bring a new political momentum to deliver
and advance the national plans under the Paris Agreement, concluded. Ahead of Katowice, the scientific evidence
to limit global warming to 1.5oC was also released, in the form of a special report from the Inter-governmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
With the “Katowice Rulebook”, the essential components for climate action are now in place, except some technicaldetails on specific mechanisms which are pushed to next year’s COP in Chile. COP24 provided the legal doors to enhance
NDCs by building on the multi-level and multi-stakeholder approaches demonstrated through the Talanoa Dialogues.
By the end of 2020, it is imperative to increase the number of NDCs that are connected to sustainable, integrated urban
and territorial development policies and developed with the engagement of all levels of governments. Multilevel climate
action is the recipe to ensure the success for 2030 Agenda and a full transformation to a carbon-neutral and resilient
society before mid-century. The journey in 2019 will advance mainly along the avenues of the UN Climate Action Summit
and SDG Summit in September 2019, discussions on financing sustainable cities, as well as the acceleration of efforts
to mainstream biodiversity in all agendas.

Family photo at Katowice Climate Shift event hosted by City of Katowice on 10 December 2018 at COP24

8KEY COP24 OUTCOMESKEY COP24 DECISIONS RELEVANT FOR CITIES AND REGIONSTALANOADIALOGUES

Paragraph 37 of Decision1/CP24 - “Invites parties to consider the outcome, inputs andoutputs of the Talanoa Dialogue in preparing their nationally determined contributions andin their efforts to enhance pre- 2020 implementation and ambition.”

CLIMATE FINANCE

Paragraph 9 of Decision 4/CP.24 - “Welcomes the decision of the Standing Committee on
Finance on the topic of its 2019 Forum, which will be climate finance and sustainable cities”

PUBLICPARTICIPATION

Paragraph 10 of Decision17/CMA.1: “Encourages Parties to foster public participationand collaborate with, inter alia, regional as applicable and local authorities to scale up the
implementation of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE).”RELEVANT REFERENCES TO CITIES AND REGIONS IN THE COP24
KATOWICE RULEBOOKNDCs - ARTICLE 4 | COP24 DECISION•

Annex I paragraph 4.a.1: Domestic institutional arrangements, public participation and engagement withlocal communities and indigenous peoples, in a gender-responsive manner.

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Annex I paragraph 4.d.ii: Adaptation plans that also yield mitigation co-benefits, which may cover but are notlimited to key sectors such as energy resources, water resources, coastal resources, human settlements andurban planning, agriculture and forestry.

ADAPTATION - ARTICLE 7 | COP24 DECISION•

Annex (h): Gender-responsive adaptation action and traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples
and local knowledge systems related to adaptation, as elements of an adaptation communication.

TECHNOLOGY – ARTICLE 10.4 | COP24 DECISION•

Annex paragraph 19: Enhanced engagement of stakeholders at the local, regional, national and global level
will be beneficial for the Technology Mechanism.

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Annex paragraph 20.a: Enhancing engagement & collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including local
communities and authorities, national planners, the private sector & civil society organizations in theplanning & implementation of Technology Mechanism activities.
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TRANSPARENCY - ARTICLE 13 | COP24 DECISION•

Annex paragraph 109: Adaptationb: Adaptation goals, actions, objectives, undertakings, efforts, plans (e.g. national adaptation plans andsubnational plans), strategies, policies, priorities (e.g. priority sectors, priority regions or integrated plans forcoastal management, water and agriculture), programmes and efforts to build resilience.
c: How best available science, gender perspectives and indigenous, traditional, and local knowledge areintegrated into adaptation.
h: Stakeholder involvement, including subnational, community-level and private sector plans, priorities,
actions and programmes.

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Annex paragraph 114.a: Adaptation - Ownership, stakeholder engagement, alignment of adaptation actions
to national and subnational policies, and replicability.

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Annex paragraph 141.c: Capacity Building - Support received at the national and, where appropriate, subregional and regional level, including priorities, participation and the involvement of stakeholders.

MOBILIZATION AT COP24
In Katowice, more than 100 political and technical representatives of cities and regions and their networks
participated, hosted or supported around 50 events inside or outside the premises of COP24.
1. INTERVENTIONS•COP24 Opening Ceremony of the High Level Segment-- Marcin Krupa, Mayor of Katowice, Poland•

Wrap-up preparatory phase of Talanoa Dialogue-- Nasry Tito Asfura, Mayor of Tegucigalpa,
Honduras and Vice President of ICLEI Mexico,Central America and Caribbean

Left-to-right: Eri Nakajima, Vice-Governor of Nagano Prefecture, Japan; Hubert Bruls, Mayor of Nijmegen, Netherlands, European Green
Capital 2018; Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburgh, USA.

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•Closing of Talanoa Dialogue•-- Cor Lamers, Chair of ENVE Commission ofEuropean Committee of the Regions

COP24 High Level Segment Statement-- Magnus Berndtsson, Regional Minister ofEnvironment, Västra Götaland, Sweden;
President, Assembly of European Regions

2. CLIMATE ACTION STUDIO••Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburgh, USA
Eri Nakajima, Vice Governor of Nagano
Prefecture, Japan••

Frederic Ximeno, Commissioner of Ecology,
City of Barcelona, Spain
María Elena Moreno, Deputy Minister for theEnvironment of the Basque Country Government, Spain

3. MARRAKECH PARTNERSHIP••High Level Opening-- Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, UK
Human Settlements Thematic Event-- Virginie Pfanner, Regional Councilor, Auvergne
Rhône Alpes, France-- Marcelo Elias, Deputy Secretary, Secretariat forEnvironment, Sao Paulo-- Alderman Bill Harvey, City of Hobart, Australia-- Yassine Daoudi, Mayor of Guisser, Morocco•

Roundtable on Resilience•-- Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn, Germany;
ICLEI President; Member of MP-GCA HL
Leadership Network
Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption•-- Manuel Araujo, Mayor of Quelimane, MozambiqueRoundtable on Land Use-- Veronica Geese, State Secretary of Energy ofProvince of Santa Fe, Argentina

4. TALANOA MINISTERIALS••••Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, Deputy Mayor, Oslo, Norway
Mauricio Vila Dosal, Governor, State of Yucatan, Mexico
Manuel Araujo, Mayor, Quelimane, Mozambique
Marcelo Elias, Deputy Environment Secretary, Stateof Sao Paulo, Brazil

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•
•
•

Raphael Edou, Deputy Mayor, Cotonou, Benin
Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board, Stateof California, USA
Monika Bryl, City of Jaworzno, Poland
Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor, Chefchaouen, Morocco

5. SIDE EVENTS••UNFCCC Side Events: Paris Committee on Capacity
Building, Action Hub, ICLEI-EBRD, C40-ISU, One
UN-UNH, nrg4sd, Climate Alliance, Climate Chance
Events in City of Katowice: Katowice Climate Shift,
Sustainable Innovation Forum, Investment-COP,
Transport Day, LESC Dinner and Dialogue•

Pavilion Events: EU-GCoM Day, EU, Germany, France,
Japan, Indonesia, China, India, Nordic, WWF-We Are
Still In, Poland, AfDB, GEF, Korea, GEIDCO-UNDESA ,NDC Partnership, Multinational Development Bank

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ICLEI AND LGMA IN 2018
In 2018, the LGMA constituency engaged in the year-long negotiations in the following ways:

COORDINATION OF GLOBAL ADVOCACY AND UPDATESWith 8 agenda-setting webinars, 60 mail updates, and daily coverage at SB48 and COP24, ICLEI was able to keep
the LGMA well-connected to the UNFCCC intergovernmental process and aware of opportunities to provide input
from cities and regions.

YEAR-ROUND MOBILIZATION
Members and partners of LGMA participated below events throughout 2018.
•

Marrakech Partnership workshops in Lisbon and Bonn and Yearbook of Climate Action 2018•

Regional climate weeks in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean•

Data provision to the Non-State Actors Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA) portal•

PreCOP24 in Krakow•

Sessions of UNFCCC Bodies including; SB48 in June, Paris Committee on Capacity Building, Nairobi Work
Programme on Adaptation, Technical Examination Process, Action for Climate Empowerment, Standing
Committee on Finance, Suva Expert Dialogue

Left: Marcin Krupa, Mayor of Katowice, Poland, and Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn, Germany and ICLEI President.
Right: Group Photo of the NDC Partnership Pavilion Side event “Time for Multilevel Action” with representatives of Federation of Canadian
Municipalities, Networks of Regional Governments for Sustainability, Climate Alliance, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability and United
Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

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CITIES AND REGIONS TALANOA DIALOGUES: AMBITION AT EVERY LEVEL
Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues are developed as a bottom-up, pro-active and immediate response to the
COP23 decision in 2017 to convene year-long, inclusive Talanoa Dialogues. The process was launched by ICLEI at
the 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in February 2018, in collaboration with the Global Covenantof Mayors for Climate and Energy and UN-Habitat as special partners with a specific focus on:•

The importance of integrated (silo-free) management in the urban climate-energy nexus•

Creating enabling frameworks for multilevel action and access to finance•Improving access to data, knowledge sharing and capacity building•

The need for facilitative interactions, like the Talanoa Dialogues, in the years ahead

Throughout 2018, Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues were convened through 60 sessions in 40 countries,
more than 50 submissions were communicated to the Talanoa Portal of the UNFCCC and more than 15
representatives of local and regional governments and their networks participated at the official Talanoa Dialogues
at the UNFCCC in Bonn on 6 May and in Katowice on 11 December.

ENGAGED IN A TOTAL OF

100% OF SESSIONS> 60% DIALOGUESIN 40 COUNTRIESOF GOVERNMENTS

GLOBAL SOUTH

CITIES AND REGIONS
60 TALANOA EVENTS> 75% OF ALL
SESSIONSGATHERED ALL LEVELSOF NATIONAL

TOOK PLACE IN THE

8 SESSIONSENGAGED NON-GOVERNMENTALSTAKEHOLDERSHOSTED IN AFRICAN NATIONS,THE HIGHEST OF ANY REGIONNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS OF

SOUTH AFRICA, FINLAND AND THE REPUBLIC
OF KOREA INVITED CITIES AND REGIONS TO

AUSTRIA, INDIA, JAPAN, NORWAY,PORTUGAL, TANZANIA, INDONESIAENGAGED AS CO-PARTNERS

THEIR NATIONAL TALANOAS

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AGENDA IN 2019
The decisions coming out of COP24 in 2018 represent major progress for both multilevel integration and the global
effort to mitigate climate emissions and strengthen resilience, but there is still much work to be done to secure
the future of sustainable development. In 2019, ICLEI will pursue three key advocacy goals:

1. BUILD NDCs ON THE TALANOA SPIRIT
WHERE WE WERE
COP24 in Katowice invited Parties to consider the outcome, inputs
and outputs of the Talanoa Dialogue in preparing their Nationally
Determined Contributions (NDCs) and in their efforts to enhance pre-2020
implementation and ambition.
Since the beginning of the UNFCCC process in 1995, local and regional
governments were asking for appropriate spaces and platforms thatwill enhance dialogue and collaboration with national governments on
climate action.
The NDCs were prepared before the Paris Agreement was adopted.
Therefore, they are not compatible with the vision of the Paris Agreement
such as engaging all levels of governments or to pursue a pathway
towards 1.5oC global warming and mid-century climate neutrality goals.
Most NDCs do not take into account the potential of the sustainable,
integrated urban and territorial development as a means of ambitious
climate action as well.
The year-round, inclusive Talanoa Dialogue provided the unique
opportunity to highlight the need to make NDCs fit for the purpose of theParis Agreement, therefore local and regional governments demonstrated
an immense mobilization in 2018.
Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues, through 60 events in 40 countries,
highlighted that multilevel collaboration can take advantage of expertise,knowledge and legislative mechanisms that ultimately accelerate action,
reduce costs, improve results and raise ambitions.
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ROAD TO COP25

1. BUILD
NDCs ON THE
TALANOA SPIRIT

2. LOCALIZE
CLIMATE FINANCE

3. RAISEAMBITION
THROUGH
PARTNERSHIPSWHAT’S NEXT
According to the Paris Agreement, by 2020 all national
governments are expected to present their revised or second
NDCs, presumably with more concrete actions and higher
ambition levels.
With the relevant COP24 decision referring to the Talanoa Dialogue,
local and regional governments have all the legitimacy to approachnational governments and urge them to consider locally andregionally developed mitigation and adaptation actions, emissions
reduction commitments and investment plans in the revision of theexisting NDC or development of a second NDC.
Local and regional governments can also ask their national
governments to inform the UNFCCC community about theirprogress on multilevel action at the intersessional meeting in
Bonn in June or towards and at COP25 in Chile in December 2019.
Throughout 2019 and 2020, ICLEI will approach priority members
and partners to explore active engagement for NDCs, starting withthose who hosted Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues in 2018.
ICLEI will also enhance its collaboration with NDC Partnership,
Friends of Cities Group at the UNFCCC and the Global Covenant ofMayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM), to support these efforts.

Representatives of ICLEI and European Committee of the Regions (CoR) at theclosing plenary of the Talanoa Dialogues

The Paris
Agreement, in
its preamble,
recognizes theimportance ofthe engagementof all levels ofgovernment.
The fact that
185 Parties
out of the
197 Parties tothe UNFCCC
have ratified
the Paris
Agreement
establishes
a strong
indication of
the momentum
towards
strengthening
multilevelgovernance on
climate action.
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2. LOCALIZE CLIMATE FINANCE
WHERE WE WERE
COP24 approved the decision of the UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) to focus on sustainable cities
at its 2019 Forum. SCF was established in 2010 to support the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC with a view tosupport resource mobilization for the commitment of $100 billion per year by 2020 and disperse as appropriate.
SCF Forum meets every year since for exchange of information among bodies and entities dealing with climatechange finance in order to promote linkages and coherence.

WHAT’S NEXT
2019 SCF Forum is expected to be held in September 2019. 2019 SCF Forum has the potential to create an impact
on climate finance community at the same level that CitiesIPCC Conference has created among the climate
research community, complementing the recognition of local and regional governments at the Paris Agreement
and their engagement in the NDCs through the Talanoa Spirit. In close collaboration with the Cities and Climate
Finance Leadership Alliance, ICLEI and C40 act as the LGMA Focal Points in the SCF process.
ICLEI will continue to call for mechanisms that enable these goals while actively pursuing practical initiatives, suchas the Transformative Actions Program (TAP), that address the financial gap between projects and the finance theyneed. The Global Climate City Challenge (GCCC) as a joint pilot initiative of the European Investment Bank (EIB)
and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) will further help prepare and finance selectedurban climate action projects on mitigation and adaptation.

Group photo of the the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) Human Settlements Thematic Group with
H.E. Inia Seruiratu, Minister for Defence and National Security, Fiji; COP23 High Level Champion.

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3. RAISE AMBITION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
WHERE WE WERE
The Paris Agreement confirmed that all levels of governments and all stakeholders must be engaged in an ambitious
global action. Since then, the local and regional governments and their networks have responded to this spirit by actively
leading and engaging in efforts such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM), Cities andClimate Finance Leadership Alliance, Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action, Global Climate Action Summit
and NDC Partnership, amongst others.

WHAT’S NEXTThe IPCC Special Report on 1.5 Degrees released in 2018 provided an explicit, data-driven call to action outlining
ambitious action and commitments can help nations reach the goals of the Paris Agreement. The 2019 UN
Climate Action Summit to be convened on 23 September aims to play a catalyzing role for new and additional
actions which can support raising ambitions of NDCs expected by 2020. For advancing multilevel and collaborative
climate action, the International Conference on Climate Action in Heidelberg, Germany will play a critical role. In thisyear of ambition, ICLEI will accelerate its actions with members and partnerships with partners by building upon
2018 Montréal Strategic Vision and Commitment with 5 pathways to sustainability, supported by its vision to climate neutrality.

Left: The Summary for Urban Policymakers provides input on how to work towards an urban paradigm shift with a view to taking advantage ofthe opportunities presented by urbanization as an engine of achieving transformative and sustainable development.
Right: ICLEI encourages local and regional governments to achieve climate neutral government operations and infrastructure before mid-century.
The four key steps that cities and regions can take towards climate neutrality are presented in the ICLEI Climate Neutrality Framework above.

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KEY EVENTS FOR THE LGMA IN 2019
Towards COP25 in Chile, ICLEI and the LGMA constituency will be mobilizing at several key events in order to share
our collective experience and call for greater climate ambition and better multilevel integration.

UNFCCC

LGMA
8. RCC, Bonn
9. USCOM, Hawaii
10. LOCS, Africa
11. C40, Copenhagen
12. KIREC, Seoul
13. UCLG, Durban

1. GTF Retreat, Barcelona
2. Women4Climate, Paris
3. RCAP, Delhi
4. U20, Tokyo
5. ICCA, Heidelberg
6. R20, Vienna
7. G20-EN, Nagano

1. Africa Climate Week, Ghana
2. Workshops, Bonn
3. SB50, Bonn
4. Latin America CW, Brazil

OTHER-UN

FEB

MAR APR

1

1

2

3

4. UN Climate Summit,
New York City
5. HLPF-UNGA, New York City
6. UNCCD-COP14, India

1. UNEA4, Nairobi
2. UNHA1, Nairobi
3. HLPF-ECOSOC,
New York City

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
ELECTIONS: 26.05.2019

JAN

MAY JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT NOV DEC

3

4

10

11

13

12

7

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8

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6

9

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BIODIVERSITY COP15-CHINA
CLIMATE COP26

5. Asia Pacific CW, TBC
6. SCF Forum, TBC
7. PreCOP25, Costa Rica
8. COP25, Chile

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ANNEX I - THE
EVOLUTION OF THE LGMACONSTITUENCYANNEX II - HOW THE
UNFCCC AND ICLEI WORKTOGETHER

The Paris Agreement, reached at COP21,
showed that local and regional governments
have the right and responsibility to engage inthe climate negotiations, but how did we getthere? What are the issues that face thesegovernments now? This annex illustrates thecontext around our current role.

This annex provides an in-depth explorationof UNFCCC’s structure. Learn about thebodies that work year-round to produce
negotiation results and what opportunities
there are for cities and organizations like
ICLEI to engage.

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