High Ambition Coalition COP 26 Leaders’ Statement
High Ambition Coalition COP 26 Leaders’ Statement
Alarmed by the latest findings of the IPCC that confirm the need for the most ambitious efforts within this decade to enable us to limit global warming to 1.5°C and prevent the most catastrophic climate impacts.
Welcome the announcements, commitments, and actions undertaken by Parties that are aligned with keeping a 1.5°C limit within reach, and promote the achievement of the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals.
Note with deep concern the gap between existing commitments and a 1.5°C pathway, stress the urgent need to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in this decisive decade, and recognise the importance of ambitious action by the G20, whose members, if they align their policies with a 1.5°C pathway, could limit global warming by 2100 to 1.7°C.
Recognize the devastating impacts already being felt today by people across the globe, and resolve to take urgent action to address the climate crisis.
Recognize the imperative of all countries to adapt to the ever-increasing impacts of climate change, and the urgent need for a substantial scale-up in accessible adaptation financing to ensure that no one, especially the most vulnerable, is left behind.
Recognise the important work of the IPCC and its value as a basis for characterizing adaptation needs and strategies, welcome upcoming IPCC reports and the consideration of any future work dedicated to adaptation and climate tipping points.
We therefore,
7. Stress the need to halve global emissions by 2030, and call on all Parties that have yet to do so to deliver more ambitious NDCs in line with a 1.5°C trajectory as soon as possible, and well ahead of COP27.
8. Call on all Parties to deliver mid-century net zero greenhouse gas emissions goals with strategies for their implementation that align with a 1.5°C trajectory as soon as possible, and in time for consideration by leaders at the global stocktake in 2023.
9. Resolve to deliver on these commitments through national policies that reorient economies towards a low and zero-carbon future, including to:
a.Halt investment in new unabated coal-fired power plants, and phase out unabated coal-fired power plants in line with the requirements for a 1.5°C trajectory. Halt public support for all overseas unabated coal projects in the energy sector.
b. Halt inefficient fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible.
c. Commit to a collective goal of reducing global methane emissions by at least 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030, and to take aggressive action to reduce emissions of all super-pollutants, also including hydrofluorocarbons and black carbon.
d. Support ambitious policies to reduce emissions in transport sectors, including to take more ambitious climate action in shipping and aviation.
10. Call on Parties to prepare and submit national adaptation plans and communications in time for their consideration in the global stocktake, recognizing the importance of support for, and international cooperation on, adaptation efforts, and taking into account the needs of developing country Parties, especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
11. Call on all developed countries to deliver on the goal of mobilising $100 billion annually to 2025 in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation.
12. Welcome the efforts of those countries that have stepped up their adaptation finance to a balance with mitigation financing, and call on those that have not yet done so to address the adaptation finance gap by scaling up adaptation finance to at least double current levels.
13. Reiterate our commitment to make finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development, and commit to initiating deliberations for a post-2025 finance goal based on the best available science, an assessment of the needs and priorities of developing countries, and lessons from the $100 billion goal with the objective to have maximum impact. We also encourage the development of new financial instruments, taking into account the need for more consistent and reliable financing streams, and call for the scaling up of private sector finance.
14. Acknowledge that loss and damage, including slow onset events, is already being experienced in all countries and regions, but especially in vulnerable places. Call for enhanced interventions in relevant fields, and recognise the need to increase resources for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage.
15. Call for the finalisation of negotiations on outstanding elements of the Paris Agreement rulebook in full accordance with environmental integrity, transparency and accountability.
His Excellency Mr. Surangel S. Whipps Jr, President of Palau
Her Excellency Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark
His Excellency David Kabua, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
His Excellency Mr. Joseph R. Biden Jr., President of the United States of America
His Excellency Mr. Carlos Alvardo Quesada, President of Costa Rica
His Excellency Mr. Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Her Excellency Mrs. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany
His Excellency Mr Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland
His Excellency Mr. John A. Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize
His Excellency Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway
His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France
His Excellency Mr. Pedro Sánchez Perez-Castejón, President of the Government of Spain
His Excellency Mr. Philip Pierre, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
Her Excellency Ms. Jacinda Arden, Prime Minister of New Zealand
His Excellency, Mr. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada
His Excellency, Mr. Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Confederation
His Excellency, Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco
His Excellency Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile
His Excellency Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji
His Excellency Mr. Gaston Alponso Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
His Excellency, Mr. Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia
His Excellency Mr. Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
His Excellency Mr. Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Federation
His Excellency Mr. Andrew Michael Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica
Her Excellency Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland
His Excellency Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Colombia
His Excellency Honourable Dalton Tagelagi, Premier of Niue
Her Excellency Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa
His Excellency Mr. Mario Draghi, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
His Excellency Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado, President of Honduras
His Excellency Mr. Sonam Wangdi, Secretary National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan, on behalf of the Least Developed Countries Group
His Excellency Mr. Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission
His Excellency Mr Andrew Yatilman, Secretary, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management, President of the Federated States of Micronesia
Her Excellency Ms. Leonore Gewessler, Minister for Climate Action of Austria
His Excellency Eamon Ryan TD Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications Ireland
His Excellency Mr. Adrián Peña, Minister of Environment of Uruguay
Her Excellency Camille Robinson-Regis, Minister of Planning and Development of Trinidad and Tobago
His Excellency Fekadu Beyene, Commissioner for the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Commission of Ethiopia
Her Excellency Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment of Rwanda
His Excellency Mr. Flavien Joubert, Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change, and Environment of the Seychelles
His Excellency Mr. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Canada
Her Excellency Ms. Paula Cristina Francisco Coelho, Secretary of State for the Environment of the Republic of Angola
His Excellency Mr Flavien Philomel Joubert, Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment of the Seychelles
His Excellency Mr. João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action of Portugal
His Excellency Mr Luca Beccari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of San Marino.
His Excellency Mr. Milciades Concepción, Minister of Environment of Panama
Her Excellency Marsha Caddle, Minister of Economic Affairs and Investment, Barbados
His Excellency Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado, President of Honduras
Mr. Ulises Lovera, Dirección Nacional de Cambio Climatico, Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrolo Sostenible, Paraguay
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