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                              29: Significant Strides by Cities, Businesses, and 
                              Civil Society Prepare Way for Government to 
                              Accelerate the Pace at 
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                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">At 
                              the outset of COP 29 in Baku, the </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Yearbook 
                              of Global Climate Action 2024</A><SPAN 
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                              </SPAN><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">has 
                              shown that</SPAN><SPAN 
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                              </SPAN><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">climate-driven 
                              damage combined with tangible economic growth 
                              opportunities is driving an increase in actions to 
                              decarbonise industries and make cities more 
                              resilient.</SPAN></P>
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                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Even 
                              amidst shifting political realities, the annual 
                              stocktake of efforts by leaders across society and 
                              the real economy highlights that rapid growth in 
                              clean technology, rising demand for low-carbon 
                              solutions, and the persistent risks of climate 
                              change are likely to drive continued and 
                              accelerating action.</SPAN></P>
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                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">The 
                              Yearbook includes significant advances from the 
                              Marrakech Partnership network of non-State 
                              entities over the past 12 months including: 
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                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Power</SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: 
                                Renewable energy capacity expanded by 473 GW in 
                                2023, marking a 14% increase during the 
                                year</SPAN> 
                                <LI><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Investment:</SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
                                Global investment in clean technology 
                                manufacturing reached approximately USD 200 
                                billion – a 70% increase from 2022</SPAN> 
                                <LI><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cars</SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: 
                                35% growth in zero-emission vehicle sales, now 
                                totalling 18% of global car sales in 2023 around 
                                the world</SPAN> 
                                <LI><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cement:</SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
                                The sector reduced its carbon intensity by 8% 
                                compared to 2020 levels and more than a third of 
                                members of The Global Cement and Concrete 
                                Association have now set science-based targets 
                                for emissions reduction</SPAN> 
                                <LI><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Food: 
                                </SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">103 
                                agri-food businesses have established and 
                                validated</SPAN><A 
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                                target=_blank>science-based targets</A><SPAN 
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                                </SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">- 
                                a more than 700 per cent increase from 
                                2023</SPAN> </LI></UL>
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                              align=justify><SPAN 
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                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">These 
                              developments, alongside the continued growth of 
                              the Global Climate Action Portal now tracking 
                              action from over 39,000 actors - demonstrate 
                              considerable headroom for governments to make 
                              their next round of nationally determined 
                              contributions to the Paris Agreement more 
                              ambitious than the last round in 2020. </SPAN></P>
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                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 
                              Yearbook also addresses areas where strong policy 
                              leadership can both scale up climate solutions and 
                              accelerate the breakthroughs we need to achieve 
                              both rapid decarbonisation and to protect 
                              vulnerable communities against the increasing 
                              severity of climate shocks.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Firstly, 
                              powering up the global energy sector will support 
                              a just transition away from fossil fuels. Building 
                              on the momentum of COP 28, the Utilities for Net 
                              Zero Alliance (UNEZA), which comprises 32 major 
                              utilities companies, recently announced their 
                              collective intent to invest over US 116 billion 
                              annually in renewable energy generation and power 
                              grid infrastructure. In addition, </SPAN><A 
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                              target=_blank>three-quarters of leading 
                              businesses</A><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
                              have increased their investments in the net zero 
                              transition over the past three years with 90 per 
                              cent saying they would invest more if targeted 
                              sector policy measures were implemented. 
                              </SPAN></P>
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                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">In 
                              parallel, members of the Net-Zero Asset Owner 
                              Alliance convened under the Race to Zero campaign, 
                              redirected </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>USD 555 
                              billion</A><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
                              in combined investments on climate solutions in 
                              2023, marking a quadrupling since 2020. Moving 
                              from pledges to plans, Race to Zero members are 
                              offering their leadership and support to help 
                              governments develop investable and implementable 
                              climate policy.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Finance 
                              is also a cornerstone of ambitious climate action. 
                              The Yearbook indicates the power of private 
                              finance to turbocharge the green transition, 
                              particularly in emerging markets and developing 
                              economies. National climate action plans which 
                              include sectoral targets and consistent policy 
                              frameworks can help accelerate investment in the 
                              net-zero economy.</SPAN></P>
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                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nature 
                              is a key ally in effective climate action and over 
                              the past 12 months initiatives 
                              to </SPAN><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34)">halt 
                              and reverse deforestation, restore ecosystems, and 
                              transform food systems have expanded under the 
                              leadership of the High-Level Champions and 
                              Marrakech Partnership. </SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">For 
                              instance, over 500 business and financial 
                              institutions are advancing at least one of the 
                              actions of the </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Nature 
                              Positive for Climate Action </A><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">initiative, 
                              including adoption of science-based targets, and 
                              commitment to the Taskforce on Nature-related 
                              Financial Disclosures </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" 
                              target=_blank>(TNFD)</A><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">. 
                              </SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
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                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 
                              Yearbook also reflects important advances by 
                              initiatives helping people adapt to the realities 
                              of climate change. For instance, action by 
                              partners of the Race to Resilience now cover 
                              more than 2 billion people in more than 
                              160 countries. Members of </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>The 
                              Mangrove Breakthrough</A><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34)"> 
                              support the protection and restoration of more 
                              than 65,000 hectares of mangroves, and major 
                              companies such as Nestlé and Unilever have 
                              expanded their regenerative agriculture 
                              programmes, helping to restore degraded lands 
                              while securing supply chains, and impacting over 
                              500,000 smallholder farmers.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">In 
                              Baku, the UN Climate-Change High-Level Champions 
                              for COP 28 and COP 29, H.E. Razan Al Mubarak and 
                              Nigar Arpadarai, together with the Marrakech 
                              Partnership, stand ready to build on this 
                              significant action by actors across the global 
                              economy and signal to governments that ambitious, 
                              investable national climate action plans are both 
                              welcome and necessary. </SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ms. 
                              Arpadarai said: </SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">“Climate-driven 
                              damage is making the world a riskier place for 
                              people, businesses, supply chains, investors, and 
                              communities. Storms, floods, and wildfires 
                              super-sized by climate change have inflicted over 
                              USD 350 billion losses last year alone. 
</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">“Meanwhile, 
                              momentum towards the new clean energy economy is 
                              set to sustain and scale, even amidst the many 
                              uncertainties the world faces. But while the 
                              economic benefits and human imperatives make this 
                              global transition inevitable, whether the pace of 
                              change will be sufficient is not. And this is a 
                              choice that no one organisation or nation can make 
                              but for the whole of the world to determine, 
                              accelerating from Baku.”</SPAN></P>
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                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></SPAN></P>
                              <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0px" 
                              align=justify><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Building 
                              on the momentum made throughout the year, the 
                              </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>High-Level 
                              Champions and Marrakech Partnership Programme at 
                              COP 29</A><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
                              will highlight concrete and impactful projects 
                              from cities, regions, businesses, investors, and 
                              civil society that support national action and 
                              need to be scaled to limit warming to 1.5 degrees, 
                              build resilience, and mobilize finance at scale. 
                              In doing so, the programme aims to inspire further 
                              climate action and collaboration across 
                              stakeholders and sectors to maintain momentum 
                              towards a sustainable and resilient future for 
                              all.</SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(40,79,161); FONT-SIZE: 24px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Financing 
                              the Future: Vera Songwe’s Vision for a Climate and 
                              Growth Agenda at COP 
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                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Distinguished economist and 
                              finance expert Vera Songwe is a globally leading 
                              voice on sustainable development, climate finance, 
                              and economic growth in emerging markets. With a 
                              wealth of experience, including as 
                              Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive 
                              Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for 
                              Africa, Songwe has been instrumental in shaping 
                              discussions on Africa’s economic future, and the 
                              global climate finance agenda at large.</P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px">As co-chair of the 
                              International High-Level Expert Group (IHLEG) on 
                              climate finance, Songwe advocates for strategies 
                              to mobilize public and private financing for 
                              climate action. Recently, she co-authored ‘<A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>A Climate 
                              Finance Framework: Decisive Action to Deliver the 
                              Paris Agreement’</A> with Nicholas Stern and Amar 
                              Bhattacharya, calling for a dramatic increase in 
                              climate financing to support sustainable 
                              development and green industrialization in 
                              low-income countries.</P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Songwe discusses the role 
                              of climate finance, green industrialization, and 
                              the need for global cooperation to combat the 
                              climate crisis. Her vision reflects a unified 
                              effort to fund a sustainable, equitable global 
                              economy that aligns with urgent climate and nature 
                              goals.</P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">COP 29 is</SPAN> <SPAN 
                              style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">known as ‘The finance 
                              COP’, what does that signify to you?</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">We need leaders to come 
                              to the table ready to commit the climate finance 
                              needed to address the climate crisis and drive 
                              sustainable growth.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Climate 
                              Finance Framework report </A><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">that I co-chaired 
                              explains that we need USD 2.4 trillion in 
                              financing—USD 1 trillion in external financing 
                              excluding China and USD 1.4 trillion in domestic 
                              funding annually —by 2030 to support a just energy 
                              transition, climate adaptation, and nature 
                              protection in emerging economies (excluding 
                              China).</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The only way to raise 
                              this amount of finance is to stimulate domestic 
                              growth in low-income countries - by mobilizing 
                              domestic resources, creating jobs, and 
                              accelerating green industrialization. This vision 
                              for green industrialization was endorsed by 
                              African leaders at the first Africa Climate Summit 
                              last year, and it continued under the COP 28 
                              Presidency.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">At COP 29, leaders have 
                              a critical task: to bring green industrialization 
                              into clear, sharp focus - defining how it can 
                              drive inclusive economic growth worldwide. Right 
                              now, we have the broad outlines, but the vision 
                              remains blurry and mostly benefits the advanced 
                              economies. By agreeing on a shared blueprint for 
                              green industrialization, we can create a clear, 
                              actionable framework that benefits all 
                              countries.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">What outcomes do you 
                              hope COP 29 delivers? </SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Firstly, the COP must 
                              fully fund the loss and damage (L&D) fund 
                              created at COP 27 in Egypt. While initial 
                              resources were committed at COP 28 in Dubai, and 
                              the World Bank has now established the fund’s 
                              institutional framework, must ensure it 
                              is fully financed to meet its mandate. 
                              Securing this would be a major 
                              milestone.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Secondly, I hope COP 29 
                              significantly advances </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>the Global 
                              Climate Finance Framework,</A><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> endorsed as the UAE 
                              consensus, that was launched last year to make 
                              climate finance accessible and impactful, 
                              especially for developing nations. The Framework’s 
                              10-point agenda outlines practical steps to 
                              mobilize various financing sources—from crowding 
                              in private sector funds with credit enhancements 
                              from Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and 
                              global philanthropy, to loss and damage financing, 
                              and biodiversity protection.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Thirdly, COP 29 should 
                              strengthen the global commitment to move away from 
                              fossil fuels. In 2022, fossil fuel subsidies 
                              reached an astonishing USD 7 trillion, or USD 13 
                              million per minute, according to the IMF—far 
                              outpacing the USD 2.4 trillion needed annually to 
                              meet global climate goals. Redirecting even half 
                              of fossil fuel subsidies to climate finance would 
                              yield USD 3.5 trillion, greatly exceeding the 
                              financing pledged currently. </SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Lastly, COP 29 should 
                              confirm what robust transition plans should look 
                              like. This is key to determining which transition 
                              plans get funded. Whether it’s an African country 
                              needing external support or a Gulf nation 
                              deploying own resources to manage its transition - 
                              clear, well-defined plans are essential. 
                              Transitioning involves more than merely halting 
                              production; it requires phasing down brown fuels 
                              through optimization before closure. </SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">How can COP 29 catalyse 
                              carbon markets?</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A clear space to raise 
                              finance for low-income countries is carbon 
                              markets, so we need the COP conversations to drive 
                              progress on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, to 
                              unlock that potential. If structured effectively 
                              and transparently, carbon markets can drive a huge 
                              part of the revenue needed for green development 
                              and climate finance in places like 
                              Africa.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">To raise integrity, we 
                              need to shift from voluntary to compliance-based 
                              carbon markets; establishing mandatory rules and 
                              standards for measuring, reporting, and verifying 
                              emissions reductions. This would reduce risks of 
                              greenwashing or inaccurate reporting, helping to 
                              ensure that carbon credits genuinely represent 
                              measurable emissions reductions, turning them into 
                              reliable financial assets.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">We also need 
                              interoperability so that carbon credits can be 
                              priced and traded consistently across regions. 
                              Currently, many carbon markets are 
                              region-specific: two carbon credits from different 
                              regions might be priced differently, not because 
                              one is inherently more effective in reducing 
                              emissions, but because of regional factors like 
                              local demand or market rules. Standardizing carbon 
                              credits to reflect the true asset or commodity 
                              value, would streamline pricing, making credits 
                              more comparable and tradable across global 
                              markets. This would allow investors to 
                              transparently assess carbon credits - ultimately 
                              boosting trust in the carbon market.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">How can the </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>New 
                              Collective Quantified Climate Goals 
                              (NCQG)</A><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> unlock 
                              stronger action?</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="FONT-STYLE: italic">One of the key stories 
                              of COP 29 will be governance of the </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>New 
                              Collective Quantified Climate Goals 
                              (NCQG)</A><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">, a new 
                              global climate finance goal that leaders shall set 
                              from a floor of USD 100 billion per year, prior to 
                              2025. It is crucial that we make significant 
                              progress on the NCQGs, as they will underpin many 
                              countries' mitigation and adaptation strategies. 
                              Given 80% of emissions come from just 20% of 
                              countries, we hope G20 nations will arrive in 
                              Baku, firstly, ready to clarify their own paths to 
                              net zero, and secondly to outline a framework to 
                              support global efforts in a credible and 
                              sustainable manner.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0px" 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>The full 
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                              16 Rallies Finance for Nature-Positive 
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">Building on the 
                              progress of the </SPAN><A 
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                              href="https://od7srtqab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Q6OsSBSfsNgkbkah2-m5ncvrZ4v5H_s7BPWQf3TfySLhJjluJfcV5-E5_1c6p3iywsSxOa2tl0atmGU6jfP4Yb4Bp9MPHreRB5dAVQygS7FlLD-qkUHjGa_NZkQG9W1WhhhVGT8-uiDeNXvFXyvZisvnPxR-m-3z-PvP1X-m9-lMS1CUhW887sWsg6FUZcT4pX18uP4TzHk=&c=A0plaT2K8KYlUOOs1u1oS9rhS0VM6WxMSS77_44GKOW-zEvnBY8_3A==&ch=GuSsxczWuWN_1JyxZ_aZmUH2ijyyCYtQSBEbPzfwgL_q4ttNwsiB_Q==" 
                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>UAE 
                              Consensus</A><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">, 
                              COP 16 in Cali offered a unique opportunity to 
                              advance financial solutions integrating nature and 
                              climate. </SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">From protecting our 
                              forests to shifting global financial flows and 
                              recognizing Indigenous People as stewards of 
                              nature, COP 16 reinforced the urgent need to 
                              synthesise action on nature and climate 
                              change.</SPAN></P>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">The UN Climate Change 
                              High-Level Champion of the COP 28 Presidency, H. 
                              E. Razan Al Mubarak joined non-State actors and 
                              government representatives in Cali, Colombia, to 
                              showcase progress across sectors. An extra USD 10 
                              million financing for protecting ocean and coral 
                              reefs, the necessity to unlock capital for 
                              nature-based solutions, redirecting financial 
                              flows from nature-negative to nature-positive 
                              activities, and scaling finance for Indigenous 
                              Peoples were central in the 
discussions.</SPAN></P>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">H.E. Razan Al Mubarak 
                              commented:</SPAN></P>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">“COP 16 provided an 
                              excellent platform to integrate nature and climate 
                              into the core of economic policy and decision 
                              making. Implementing this requires coherent, 
                              integrated actions across all sectors of society 
                              and government. Building on the progress made by 
                              the UAE Consensus, which underscored the vital 
                              role of nature in combating climate change, we are 
                              in a pivotal moment to unite countries worldwide 
                              in a call to halt deforestation and forest 
                              degradation by 2030. </SPAN></P>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">“As a High-Level 
                              Champion, I have witnessed remarkable 
                              mobilization, innovation, and commitment from 
                              non-State actors, striving for a resilient, 
                              net-zero, nature-positive future.”</SPAN></P>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">The Taskforce on 
                              Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) 
                              announced that over 500 organizations with USD 
                              17.7 trillion in assets under management committed 
                              to voluntarily nature-related impact 
                              reporting, up by 52% this year. This supports 
                              the </SPAN><A 
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                              target=_blank>Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity 
                              Framework’s (GBF) goals</A><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"> and aligns with 
                              </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Nature 
                              Positive for Climate Action</A><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"> call to 
                              action.</SPAN></P>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">New Zealand pledged 
                              USD 10 million to coral reef protection via the 
                              </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Coral Reef 
                              Breakthrough</A><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">. Outlining a clear 
                              agenda to reform the international finance 
                              architecture </SPAN>to facilitate a transition to 
                              a nature-positive economy<SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">, the </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Global 
                              Roadmap for a Nature-Positive Economy</A><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"> was launched by WWF, 
                              with the support of partners, including the 
                              Climate Champion</SPAN>s.</P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(29,28,29)">Building on the 
                              momentum from COP 28, the </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Urban 
                              Nature Programme </A><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(29,28,29)">was launched at the 
                              ‘Urban Nature Program’s Mayors’ Leadership Forum’ 
                              to support nature-positive and biodiversity 
                              actions at the subnational level to achieve the 
                              global targets set out in the GBF.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">The </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Cali-Baku 
                              Pledge to Enable Action</A><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"> to tackle climate 
                              and nature-related financial risk. The </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Sovereign 
                              Debt Coalition</A><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"> launched to scale 
                              debt conversion mechanisms for nature and climate 
                              to promote water conservation, building on the 
                              efforts of the </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Task Force 
                              on Credit Enhancements for Sustainability-Linked 
                              Sovereign Financing</A><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">, launched at COP 
                              28.</SPAN></P>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"></SPAN> </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">A new funding 
                              mechanism was announced to conserve native 
                              forests. Brazil presented its progress on the 
                              design of </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>The 
                              Tropical Forest Forever Facility</A><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">. Announced at COP 
                              28, the fund aims to crowd in USD 125 billion and 
                              to start operating from COP 30, Brazil, to help 
                              countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and 
                              preserve biodiversity.</SPAN></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>
                              <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0px" 
                              align=justify><SPAN 
                              style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)">Building on the 
                              progress made by the </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>UAE 
                              Consensus</A><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13)"> 
                              under the UNFCCC, COP 16 offered a unique 
                              opportunity to address the twin crises of 
                              biodiversity loss and climate change together. 
                              Another key agreement was that Parties, Observers 
                              and other key stakeholders have committed to 
                              submit by 2025 </SPAN>their recommendations to 
                              improve policy coherence, including a potential 
                              work programme to unify the <A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Rio 
                              Conventions.</A> The initiative aims to promote 
                              technical information exchange and collaboration 
                              to accelerate the implementation of the 
                              Conventions on Biological Diversity, the GBF, the 
                              UNFCCC and the Paris 
                        Agreement.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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                              High-Level Champions and partners will publish a 
                              raft of <A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" 
                              target=_blank>announcements here on our 
                              website.</A></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Also, to help you and your 
                              colleagues stay informed, please pass on this link 
                              to subscribe for the ‘Top of the COP’ newsletter, 
                              your go-to morning overview of key announcements 
                              to expect at the start of each COP day, from 
                              November 13 - 21 November.</P>
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                              style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Also, 
                              please find a short </SPAN><A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>overview 
                              video containing some of our recent speakers from 
                              the Non-State Entities 
                          ecosystem</A></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(40,79,161)">Race to Zero 
                              Update:</SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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                              style="COLOR: rgb(29,28,29); FONT-SIZE: 19px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">SME 
                              Climate Drive Rallying 10,000 Enterprises for 
                              Baku</SPAN></P>
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                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Race to Zero is getting 
                              ready for COP 29, and working to mobilize 10,000 
                              SMEs in Baku, alongside Partner, the <A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>SME 
                              Climate Hub.</A></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Launched at New York 
                              Climate Week, the <A 
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                              rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>SME 
                              Climate Ambition Drive</A>, is a global campaign 
                              seeking to galvanize SMEs to commit to reducing 
                              their carbon emissions and join the Race to Zero, 
                              through the SME Climate Hub. 10,000 sign ups to 
                              the ‘SME Climate Commitment’, to halve emissions 
                              by 2030, achieve net zero by 2050, and report on 
                              your progress yearly, is the target for the 
                              campaign. </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px">“Small and Medium 
                              Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the global 
                              economy and essential to reaching a net-zero, 
                              resilient future for all,” said Nigar Arpadarai, 
                              the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP 
                              29. </P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px">“Enabling SMEs to take 
                              ambitious climate action is my core priority ahead 
                              of COP 29. I am pleased to support the launch of 
                              the SME Climate Ambition Drive – working with all 
                              actors to support SMEs in taking urgent and 
                              decisive action by joining the Race to Zero, as a 
                              key pillar of my Climate Proofing SMEs campaign.” 
                              </P>
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                              <P style="MARGIN: 0px">To assist in this effort, 
                              Race to Zero Accelerator Giki just completed its 
                              Employee Race to Zero which engaged 30 SMEs across 
                              a wide range of sectors, from vets to travel 
                              companies; banks & building societies, to 
                              sports organizations and film studios, showing the 
                              amazing richness and variety within the SME 
                              community, with hundreds of employees taking 
                              part.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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                                style="COLOR: rgb(25,49,51)">Explore 
                                the</SPAN><A 
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                                href="https://od7srtqab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Q6OsSBSfsNgkbkah2-m5ncvrZ4v5H_s7BPWQf3TfySLhJjluJfcV5-E5_1c6p3iyuo9UogzPgjaBXJFymRC22XA_9kLNSw23QMwEM2ZN_62OpHKMMqo-f8rC_JoPhDYgEP3D6GGqlYQB4rgnep3z9CH21aaBi7jhfigDVCbIbDjYQQD2KXBXoG3O4OUtTlw8Sid5_IslKQ23x06IeNqRRFllVxQC8LAomcrus2oelB9Mk1MVy0I0mZnsyQ8NkZOnMb7CkYFLYZxSK3rG9IJImg==&c=A0plaT2K8KYlUOOs1u1oS9rhS0VM6WxMSS77_44GKOW-zEvnBY8_3A==&ch=GuSsxczWuWN_1JyxZ_aZmUH2ijyyCYtQSBEbPzfwgL_q4ttNwsiB_Q==" 
                                rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank> ‘</A><A 
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                                rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Truly 
                                Global’ – Regional Outlook on the 2030 Climate 
                                Solutions</A><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(25,49,51)"> 
                                by the High-Level Champions and Marrakech 
                                Partnership released on 5 November 2024. This 
                                report takes a closer look at priorities, 
                                barriers, and recommended actions to accelerate 
                                system transformation, particularly the work of 
                                innovators, entrepreneurs, and impactful 
                                projects advancing climate goals in Africa, 
                                Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. It 
                                builds on the first edition of the</SPAN><A 
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                                rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>2030 
                                Climate Solutions: an Implementation 
                                Roadmap</A><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(25,49,51)"> 
                                launched at COP 28 in response to the first 
                                global stocktake (GST).</SPAN> 
                                <LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN 
                                style="COLOR: rgb(25,49,51)">The High-Level 
                                Champions also published an updated</SPAN><A 
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                                style="COLOR: rgb(25,49,51)"> showcasing the 
                                insights, solutions and support offers from the 
                                Marrakech Partnership and the wider network to 
                                assist national governments to drive an 
                                all-of-society approach in designing and 
                                implementing national climate plans, also as an 
                                effort to support the advancement of the outcome 
                                of the first GST and inform climate policies and 
                                plans.</SPAN> 
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                                Nations Convention to Combat Desertification COP 
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                  align=left><B>From:</B> <A 
                  title=globalclimateaction@unfccc.int 
                  href="mailto:globalclimateaction@unfccc.int">Global Climate 
                  Action</A> </DIV>
                  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial" align=left><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 
                  November 11, 2024 11:23 AM</DIV>
                  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial" align=left><B>Subject:</B> 
                  Vladimir, here is the latest news from the High-Level 
                  Champions!</DIV>
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