The UN Climate Change High-Level Champions and the Marrakech Partnership are spearheading the race to a cleaner, safer, healthier and more resilient world. Through our campaigns, Race to Resilience and Race to Zero, we are elevating ambition and mobilizing credible climate action among cities, regions, businesses and investors.
The Race to Zero was busy in February translating material across six UN languages, putting a call out for case studies, and running Expert Peer Review Group & Partner workshops on the campaign’s criteria.
“We recognize the irreplaceable value of forests for nature, for people, for the economy, for common humanity, but also as a prime solution to address climate change,” Razan Al Mubarak, President of IUCN and UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 told Heads of State at this week’s One Forest Summit.
UMAS Principal Consultant, Jean-Marc Bonello explains what impact a science-based framework will have on the sector’s Race to Zero.
A nature-positive future holds unlimited opportunities for businesses to both mitigate risk and explore new products, markets or business models, argue Sharon Thorne Global Chair, Deloitte & Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
For at least three months beginning this coming summer, a south Berlin neighborhood will embark on a novel experiment: eliminating parking spaces.
The global campaign to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions, investors for a healthy, resilient, net zero recovery.
H.E Ms Razan Al Mubarak, President of the IUCN and UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 explains why it’s critical the world realises its offshore wind potential.
“We recognize the irreplaceable value of forests for nature, for people, for the economy, for common humanity, but also as a prime solution to address climate change,” Razan Al Mubarak, President of IUCN and UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 told Heads of State at this week’s One Forest Summit.
Developing countries and emerging markets can only implement climate action by integrating it with other SDGs within a framework of a holistic approach, argues UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin.
COP27 High-Level Champion, Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin & CBD Action Agenda Champion for Nature and People, Manuel Pulgar Vidal underline the importance – for climate and all of humanity – of a robust agreement for nature.
Her Excellency Ms. Razan Al Mubarak, President of the IUCN, has been announced as the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion from the COP28 Presidency.
Race to Resilience partner, ORRAA is working with Tanzanian NGO AquaFarms Organization (AFO) to enhance the resilience of coastal communities around Dar-es-Salaam, by establishing new sustainable sources of income from the rehabilitation of mangrove forests.
Race to Resilience partner, Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance (EHRA), is aiming to support 500 million people worldwide with heat-related resilience solutions by 2030. One of the cities that have joined this effort is Athens, Greece.
Under Cities Race to Resilience, the City of Lusaka has committed to various actions to build resilience in the city.
R2R Case Study: An accessible early warning system is supporting residents of Tuti Island, Sudan, to better respond to extreme weather events.
Since the late 2000s, Ørsted has taken a holistic approach to climate action, working across the 4 Climate Pillars outlined in the 1.5°C Business Playbook. But more must be done, argues Denmark’s largest energy provider.
