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Global Climate Action
28 October 2021
High Level Climate Champions
Newsletter
The Race to Health
The race to a resilient, zero-emissions
economy before 2050 is a race to a healthier future, with fewer premature
deaths caused by dirty air and water, natural disasters, food shortages and
other impacts of climate change.
The health care sector understands this
better than many, and is taking action to reduce its 4.4 per cent share of
net global emissions. As of this week, more than 50 health care institutions
have joined the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign through our partner, Health
Care Without Harm.
That’s 11,500 health care facilities in 21
countries committing to do their fair share of halving greenhouse gas
emissions between 2020 and 2030 and reaching net zero emissions before 2050.
Among them: the Kerala Directorate of Health Services in India, the
international health care and insurance provider Bupa, the US nonprofit
health care system CommonSpirit Health and the US private system Ascension.
This leadership is part of a diverse and
growing movement for climate action in the global health sector, including
with national governments committing to decarbonize health care and make it
resilient to climate impacts.
This is important because the climate crisis
is above all a public health crisis, undermining progress in health care,
according to the 2021 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report
released last week. It causes more frequent and intense extreme weather such
as heatwaves, floods and droughts; it increases the spread of infectious
diseases such as dengue, malaria and cholera; and it exacerbates food and
water shortages and poverty.
In 2020, 72 per cent of countries saw an
increase in human exposure to wildfire and up to 19 per cent of the global
land surface was affected by drought in any month, it said. Those who
contribute the least to global emissions are feeling the worst impacts.
The Healthy Recovery
Deaths can be prevented, and inequality
alleviated, if countries, cities, regions, businesses, investors and others
come up with meaningful commitments and policy changes at COP26 to cut
emissions this decade, clean up the air we breathe and transition to
healthier, more sustainable diets. The World Health Organization recently
recommended 10 priority actions for addressing the climate and health crises
together, including placing health and social justice at the heart of COP26
talks, protecting and restoring nature and promoting healthy, sustainable
and resilient food systems.
The “rapid economic reactivation” underway
after Covid-19 offers an “unprecedented opportunity” to follow the WHO’s
previous prescription for a healthy, green recovery, the Lancet added. That
WHO manifesto calls for supporting nature, essential services such as water
and sanitation, the energy transition, healthy and sustainable food systems
and liveable cities.
The WHO also strengthened its guidelines for
air quality in September, saying that almost 80 per cent of deaths related
to PM2.5 pollution - mostly from the burning of fossil fuels - would be
avoided if all countries followed them. Air pollution currently causes
around 7 million premature deaths worldwide, according to the WHO.
Health care professionals around the world
are calling on leaders to take climate action that protects human health and
equity, with 450 organizations representing over 45 millions health workers
signing a prescription this month.
The health care sector can take seven
high-impact steps to reduce emissions by 44 gigatonnes over 36 years -
equivalent to keeping over 2.7 billion barrels of oil in the ground and
potentially saving over 5 million lives by 2100, according to Health Care
Without Harm’s roadmap for the sector. Those include shifting to full
renewable power, invest in zero-emission buildings and transport, and
incentivizing and producing low-carbon pharmaceuticals.
The pharmaceutical and medical technology
sector hit a breakthrough in ambition in September in the push to halve
emissions between 2020 and 2030, with 31 per cent of major companies by
revenue joining the Race to Zero. New joiners, through the Business Ambition
for 1.5°C initiative, include Thermo Fisher (US), Novartis (Switzerland),
Demant (Denmark) and HU Group (Japan).
The Marrakech Partnership & High-Level
Champions at COP26
COP26 is set to see a groundswell of
commitment and action from across the global economy, from businesses,
investors, cities and regions. And they’ll be sending their governments a
loud and clear message: we are ready, willing and able to accelerate and
widen the transformation to halve greenhouse gas emissions and build
resilience within the 2020s. The full programme of the Marrakech Partnership
is available here .
Climate resilience is firmly on the agenda
at COP26 with the launch of the Resilience Hub. The full programme is now
live with programming across the full two weeks, the first time climate
resilience has a permanent home at a COP.
To get ahead of the pack and find out what
news is driving each and every day, subscribe to the High-Level Climate
Action Champion's Daily COP26 Digest. Published before 12pm GMT, the
Champions' digest will provide a quick bulletin of the biggest and most
impactful announcements coming each day and explain why it matters. This
Global Climate Action newsletter will also be emailed out every two days,
wrapping up the daily digest.
The news will follow the official theme of
each day of the summit - from finance, to energy, to nature, to youth
empowerment - and keep you in the know of who is committing to what and what
it means for the global race to a healthy, safe, resilient zero-emissions
future.
For more on what to expect from COP26, from
the importance of making good food available to delegates to the need for
trust, watch UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa, European Climate
Foundation CEO Laurence Tubiana and High-Level Champion Gonzalo Muñoz at TED
Countdown.
For in-depth features and analysis, check
out new stories every day at racetozero.unfccc.int. And for all the
logistical information you need to know when attending COP26, visit UNFCCC’s
handy guide.
In Case You Missed It
a.. The UK COP26 Presidency this week
published a Climate Finance Delivery Plan to show when and how developed
countries will meet the goal to mobilize US$100 billion per year of public
and private climate finance from 2020.
a.. The new or updated Nationally Determined
Contributions submitted by 143 parties to the Paris Agreement would reduce
emissions by about 9 per cent in 2030 compared to 2010 levels, according to
UN Climate Change’s NDC Synthesis report updated this week. However, all 192
NDCs would lead to 16 per cent increase by 2030, or a temperature rise of
2.7°C by 2100.
a.. Governments plan to produce more than
twice the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 that would be consistent with
limiting warming to 1.5°C, according to the UN Environment Programme’s
Production Gap report. G20 countries have directed around US$300 billion
towards fossil fuels since Covid-19 started, more than towards clean energy.
a.. The benefits of regenerative agriculture
in Africa, for society and business, are bigger than expected, the Africa
Regenerative Agriculture Study Group has found. Sustained use of
regenerative agriculture can increase yields by 68-300 per cent, while
household incomes for smallholder farmers could rise by up to US$150 per
year.
a.. Africa saw mounting food insecurity,
poverty and displacement in 2020 as a result of changing precipitation
patterns, rising temperatures and more extreme weather, according to the
World Meteorological Organization’s State of Climate in Africa report. This
is compounding the socio-economic and health crisis triggered by Covid-19 on
the continent.
a.. The built environment sector hit a
breakthrough in ambition this week, with US$1.2 trillion of real estate
assets under management now part of the Race to Zero. Over 100 SME
construction companies in 10 countries, and 20 per cent of architects and
engineers, have joined the campaign. The percentage of construction
companies who are members has also doubled in the last two months.
a.. Chile became the first emerging market
to end the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles, requiring that all light and
medium vehicles, public transport and heavy trucks sold from 2035 be
zero-emission. New smaller trucks used in construction, agriculture and
forestry will have to be zero-emissions by 2040, followed by all cargoes and
inter-urban buses in 2045.
a.. The Under2 Coalition of states and
regions will now require members to aim for net zero emissions, as it
transitions to become a net-zero coalition by 2050.
a.. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is the new chair
of C40, the coalition of 97 cities representing over 700 million people and
a quarter of the global GDP.
a.. Russia faces a slow but steady depletion
of capacity to absorb emissions through forests by 2040, as a result of
record forest fires, ageing trees and felling - but the country is emerging
as a leader in forest management certification, according to research by
Climate Chance.
a.. About 12 million people were employed in
the global renewable energy sector in 2020, up from 7.3 million in 2012,
according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. Solar PV leads the
way with 4 million jobs.
a.. Young Africans deserve to be a part of
the discussion over climate plans and projects that will govern their
future, the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change says. It calls among
other things, for climate finance for youth employment to be scaled up, for
resources to build community resilience and unlock green jobs, and for the
integration of African youth in climate negotiations.
a.. The High-Level Climate Champions and
Marrakech Partnership have published guiding principles for climate-aligned
hydrogen development, to help firms, governments and communities manage
complex issues such as emissions accounting, health and socioeconomic equity
and to streamline the production of low- and zero-carbon hydrogen.
a.. What investors need to know about COP26:
a podcast by the Principles for Responsible Investment, looking at policy
expectations for key markets and how to protect the world’s most at-risk
communities.
Keep up to date with news from around the
Race to Zero and Race to Resilience community, by checking out
racetozero.unfccc.int for new stories every day!
Mark Your Calendars
a.. State of Climate Action 2021, WRI: 28
October
b.. Launching the Global Net-Zero Standard,
SBTi: 28 October
c.. TED Countdown Global Livestream: 30
October
d.. G20 Leaders’ Summit, hosted by Italy:
30-31 October, Rome
e.. COP26, hosted by the UK and Italy: 31
October-12 November, Glasgow
f.. Marrakech Partnership and Champions
events at COP 26: 31 October-12 November, Glasgow
g.. Other Global Climate Action events at
COP 26, 31 October1-12 November, Glasgow
h.. Climate Justice Summit: 3-5 November
i.. Global Day of Action: 6 November
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