Ahead of #COP31, more countries must join France, the Netherlands and Germany in publishing their #TAFFRoadmap, and the COP31 and #COP32 Presidencies to keep fostering dialogue on global cooperation in the transition, picking up the baton from Brazil last year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The real test starts now: whether the priorities tabled and partnerships launched here [at UNGA81] can accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels, scale up investment in climate resilience, and deliver progress on the ground as well as ahead of COP31 in Antalya this November." Kaysie Brown
Investing in adaptation and resilience is an investment in security, stability and prosperity and requires scaling up climate finance, particularly for countries facing the greatest risks but the least fiscal space to respond. No country can tackle this challenge alone. Leaders must act with urgency
Adaptation: Earth’s hottest August on record in 2026, extreme heat, wildfires, floods and droughts causing widespread damage, and El Niño intensifies. Climate change is not a distant threat but is happening now, reshaping economies, societies and political stability: www.youtube.com/live/MbuFh0X...
If multilateralism can still deliver, this is where it must stand up.
Leaders must realise energy security, affordable power, and a liveable climate are one agenda, and this year's shocks, from the Strait of Hormuz, rising risks of a punishing El Niño, and a warming planet all make the case for keeping climate urgency and action at the center, not setting it aside.
In a year of war and economic strain, the instinct is to treat climate as something to get back to later, even in the face of increasingly extreme climate impacts and volatile fossil fuel prices.
At the High-level Event on Climate Action - Just Transition today at UNGA81: Kaysie Brown, E3G, said: At this last Climate Summit of the Secretary-General, leaders will be assessed by what they can deliver together, and how they take forward Guterres’ formidable leadership on climate action.
