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The briefing will discuss the five standard-setting initiatives and one summary review of 37 guidelines, and highlight the areas of convergence on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of corporate net zero strategies. We will also unpack what each initiative is actually saying. When: 10:30-11:30pm GMT / 09:30-10:30 CET Speakers: Alexis McGivern, Net Zero Standards Manager, Oxford Net Zero, Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment Dr Matilda Becker, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Oxford Net Zero, Frederic Hans, Senior Policy Advisor, NewClimate Institute John Lang, Net Zero Tracker Project Lead If you...

At this press conference we released the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2025.

Greening and scaling up public finance is critical, but it is not enough. Significantly scaling up private sector finance, including through greening value chains, green financial products (e.g. funds and loans) and carbon finance is needed to channel more resources toward activities with a positive impact on the environment and society. The Carbon Finance Summit, held over 2 half-days at the Blue Zone at COP29, aims to bring together high-level thought leaders from government, corporate, financiers, civil society and media to highlight the right investments and tools that can most effectively...

This joint UNFCCC and UNEP event featured high-level opening remarks from the UNEP Executive Director and the UNFCCC Executive Secretary and a presentation of the key findings of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2024. This will be followed by a panel discussion on what we need from the next round of nationally determined contributions (NDCs), and how we can speed up climate action and implementation this decade.

In this side event, co-organised by NewClimate Institute and E3G, we examined the scale of financing required for a just transition in the power sector, using Mexico—where reliance on unabated fossil gas is significant—as a case study. The session also explored the challenges development banks face in providing transition finance and their role in innovative solutions, such as country platforms, to scale up financing and improve coordination among key stakeholders. Speakers: Niklas Höhne, NewClimate Institute Imogen Outlaw, NewClimate Institute Anna Nilsson, NewClimate Institute Laura Sabogal...

Organised by: MedWaves, the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre for SCP and The Hot or Cool Institute The work programme on just transition pathways, established at COP27, aimed to assess, design, and scale up pathways to achieve the Paris Agreement goals in a way that is just, equitable, and leaves no one behind. “Just transition means different things to different people depending on their context,” noted UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at First High-Level Ministerial Roundtable on Just Transition, held last year in Dubai. “But one thing is clear: we cannot leave behind...

This side event, organised by UNEP and UNEP-CCC, featured technical presentations on the key findings of the Emissions Gap Report 2024, followed by a panel discussion focusing on the following three critical questions:

This side event showed through storytelling and expert discussion how to operationalise commitments to transition away from fossil fuel exploration and production in a just and orderly manner via third generation NDCs.

This side event discussed the global net zero status, reflecting on the UNSG’s Net Zero Progress report, with a focus on subnational governments.

The event brought the voices of different stakeholders shedding light on the importance of including just transition aspects in NDCs and other strategic documents, in line with the Paris Agreement, in order to showcase how such integration of concepts can catalyze climate ambition.

At the start of COP29, many of us are wondering how we continue to implement the ambitious goals set out under the Paris Agreement at the speed and scale needed to halve emissions by 2030. As the world’s largest coalition of non-State Actors – learn how the Race to Zero continues to mobilize net zero leaders across society to not only set ambitious targets, but move from pledges, to plans and ultimately – emission reductions. This side event is organised by We Don't Have Time and RaceToZero. Speakers: Jane Eisenhardt, Engagement & Acceleration Manager, Race to Zero Camila Fernandez, Expert...

This side event discussed the "climate contribution" model, what this model entails, the requirements for companies to engage in it, as well as how it can support climate action that goes beyond carbon crediting alone.

High-level voices in these fields will come together to discuss the major shifts needed for sustainable cities and buildings, where we are falling behind, and where we are finding signals of hope. Join us to discover the role of cities and buildings in systems change.

In this webinar, we presented the report’s key findings and examine their implications for each of the four countries. The session will kick off with a presentation of the report, followed by a panel discussion featuring country experts.

This is the virtual launch event of the 2024 edition of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report series, which tracks our progress in limiting global warming well below 2°C and pursuing 1.5°C in line with the Paris Agreement. Since 2010, it has provided an annual science-based assessment of the gap between estimated future global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if countries implement their climate mitigation pledges, and where they should be to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. NewClimate Institute has been contributing to the reports each year since 2014...