Campaign news

The major annual event hosted by the Climate Group and New York City, in conjunction with the UN General Assembly (UNGA) opens this Sunday 17 September, with some 400 sessions taking place across the city.

Dive into our monthly update to discover how global leaders are accelerating the journey to net zero.

Discover the latest in partnerships, Accelerators, events, and Strategic Engagement in the Race to Zero.

From Breakthrough moments to the launch of the 5th P Handbook, it was a busy month of June for the Race to Zero.

At the opening of London Climate Action Week, and marking the third anniversary of Race to Zero and the launch of the 5th P Handbook, prominent climate leaders came together to share their visions and strategies for accelerating our race to a net zero, nature positive and resilient world.

The UN Climate Change High-Level Champions have today released a call to action for non-state actors to join the Race to Zero and align their advocacy, policy and engagement with net zero goals

The Climate Champions are hosting two events at London Climate Action Week on Monday 26 June 2023. 

Explore the impactful outcomes of ‘The Road to COP28’ event held in Dubai on 29 May, inspiring collective action for climate change in the UAE.

The latest from the Race to Zero team — from new team members to continued work to catalyze ambitious voluntary actions throughout the economy. 

With five months until COP28, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion from the COP28 Presidency, H.E Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak has told stakeholders at an event in Dubai on Monday they must promote collective climate action.

It was a busy, but exciting, month for Race to Zero in April, starting with the release of the updated ‘Who’s in’ section. The campaign now has over 11,000 members committed to net zero by 2050.

Former UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP25 and COP26, Gonzalo Munoz and Nigel Topping will join a group of renowned global leaders charged with supporting the Race to Zero and Race to Resilience.

From the launch of a new Data Explorer to partners’ new reporting frameworks, it’s been a busy month for the Race to Zero campaign.

The Race to Resilience (R2R) has launched a new tool to help support the campaign’s mission to increase the resilience of four billion people living in vulnerable communities.

This year the focus for Race to Zero will be supporting the implementation of robust net zero criteria, driving systems transformation, and activating policy.

Here are just some of the highlights of Race to Zero’s main activities at COP27.

Governments representing over half of global GDP set out 12-month action plan to help make clean technologies cheaper and more accessible everywhere.

 The COP26 and COP27 Presidents, the UNFCCC Executive Secretary and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP26 & COP27, Nigel Topping and Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, will open the Global Climate Action Agenda at COP27 with their event “Making Good On Promises”

The incoming Presidency of COP27, together with the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions and Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action, have published the calendar of the thematic programme of COP27.

Race to Resilience and Race to Zero Forum concludes with launch of adaptation & resilience breakthroughs and push for new era of climate regulation

It has been brought to our attention that there may be cause for legal concern with text in the Expert Peer Review Group’s Interpretation Guide, which accompanies the campaign’s Criteria. We therefore want to reaffirm key elements of the Criteria.