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Two months ahead of COP27,
New York is hosting the
Climate Week NYC
, an event gathering major stakeholders in the field of climate action. In
his video message
to the General Assembly of the Under2Coaltion,
President Vasco Alves Cordeiro
, said:
"We know that the climate emergency leaves us no time for hesitation:
we urgently need to move from commitments to achievements, by speeding
up implementation of the green transition and mainstreaming best
practices to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees by the
end of the century. This need is not new, yet it is still not
happening. We need a paradigm shift. We need one enabling framework for
local action geared towards a sustainable planet, which must be based
on a sound territorial approach and aimed at protecting the climate and
environment as well as people."
The CoR president stressed the importance of moving from commitments to
achievements in climate action, leveraging on the powerful actions taken at
local and regional level. A key proposal of the European Committee of the
Regions in global climate governance is the creation of a system of
regionally and locally determined contributions (RLDCs) as a complement to
national pledges, to formally acknowledge, monitor and encourage, within
the Paris agreement, the reduction of carbon emissions by cities, local
governments and regions across the globe. The CoR also promotes a bottom-up
approach for the creation of the new UN Global Goal on Adaptation and
stronger links between climate action, biodiversity and the UN's
Sustainable Development Goals frameworks. President Vasco Alves Cordeiro
shared a
letter
with the members of the Under2Coalition, underlining the importance of this
partnership to ensure cities and regions are involved in shaping our
response to the climate emergency.
Recently, the European Committee of the Regions and the Under2 Coalition
have signed a cooperation agreement to ensure that cities and regions are
involved in shaping our response to the climate emergency.
"I consider the Under2Coalition a key partner in our efforts. You can
count on the European Committee of the Regions and myself as strong
partners in this cooperation,"
said President Vasco Alves Cordeiro.
Background information
The European Committee of the Regions will adopt its official position on
COP27 during the October plenary session, expressed through opinions
drafted by
Allison Gilliland (IE/PES)
and by
Olgierd Geblewicz (PL/EPP)
.
Click here to discover the CoR delegation to COP27
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The European Committee of the Regions has published a
Green Deal Handbook with a focus on climate adaptation
.
The Handbook is an interactive toolkit that provides information on
financial aid and technical instruments to deploy climate adaptation
measures based on different geographical areas and regional
specificities.
Green Deal Going Local
is the CoR initiative to place EU cities and regions at the heart of the
transition towards climate-neutrality.
Contact:
Monica Tiberi /
monica.tiberi@cor.europa.eu
/ +32 (0) 479 51 74 43
David Crous /
david.crous@cor.europa.eu
/ +32 (0) 470 88 10 37