Month: November 2021

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Asia-Pacific Voices at the UCLG World Council Meeting 2021 Read More »

COP26 has passed but it has created a momentum for local governments to not only enhance their ambitions for better climate action, but to also focus on the human lives behind the facts and numbers being discussed at the global conference. In fact, on the 11th November, COP26 dedicated a day to highlighting the role …

11 November 2021| Local Governments As Catalysts For Safer, Resilient And Sustainable Cities – Insights From COP26’s Day for Cities and Regions Read More »

One of the side events that was organized on COP 26 was “Localising the NDCs: how do we fund and implement action at scale?” which was organized by Global Covenant of Mayors  Secretariat in cooperation with European Covenants on 9 November 2021. This session discussed how to handle the global climate challenge by decarbonisation. And …

Localizing the NDCs: GCoM’s Perspective on Funding and Scaling Climate Action Read More »

During COP26, world leaders updated their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs); reflecting on their highest ambitions at the moment to limiting global warming at 1.5 degrees. However, even before negotiations started, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres revealed at the World Leaders Summit that the past 6 years since Paris Agreement’s establishment has actually been the “6 …

11 November 2021| GCoM Supporting Cities to Go Further and Faster in Acting Locally for a Climate-resilient Future at COP26 Read More »

Climate change and the multifaceted impacts could no longer be denied, particularly affecting the most vulnerable communities whom are mostly on the frontlines of the climate crisis such as women, the rural and urban poor, Indigenous Peoples and communities of the Global South. This brings up the issue of climate justice, which has now evolved …

4 November 2021|Financing Local Solutions to Ensure Climate Justice That Leaves No one Behind Read More »