COP28 was arguably expected to deliver on four primary outcomes: the first GST; arrangements to operationalize the loss and damage (L&D) funding arrangements including a fund; the framework for the global goal on adaptation (GGA); and a clear signal to accelerate the energy transition away from fossil fuels, including a target for tripling of global renewable energy capacity and doubling the rate of energy efficiency by 2030. Despite Parties navigating ongoing energy, geopolitical, and financial crises over the course of 2023, COP28 delivered on each of these outcomes to varying degrees.

Given that the mandate of the GST was to inform subsequent greater ambition and enhance international cooperation, whether COP28 was truly a success remains to be determined. The Paris Agreement decision requires that new nationally determined contributions (NDCs)—more ambitious than the last ones—be communicated in early 2025. It is essential that these updated NDCs provide critical information—particularly regarding how their NDC was informed by the outcomes of the GST, as set out by the COP24 decision, including the key policy signals and calls to action. COP28’s success, therefore, will largely be determined by what happens over the coming twelve months.

C2ES will work to support momentum to implement the outcomes from COP28 through 2024—focusing on the goal to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030. Momentum can be best built by using the tools and mechanisms set out by the UNFCCC, including the COP28 outcome, and activating existing coalitions and initiatives that are well-placed to focus attention and effort on the calls to action set out by the UAE Consensus.

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This event will look at what has changed on the resilience landscape since COP-27, including the impact that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are having on private sector resilience efforts, especially those related to the energy grid. The event will also explore key initial findings from a convenings by C2ES to better understand businesses’ actions on resilience, especially as it relates to energy grid hardening and expansion and other infrastructure development.

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• leverages COP28 to drive needed real-world action
• assists countries to implement existing climate commitments
• facilitates the raising the ambition of their next round of commitments
• strengthens and energizes international cooperation.

Ahead of the spring UN climate conference in Bonn, C2ES published a technical paper drawing on: the GST technical dialogue process, a broad spectrum of opportunities to address the challenges of climate change, as well as a wealth of work on pathways and agendas for 2030 and 2050 climate action. To effectively achieve its mandate, the GST should, in its outcomes, focus on those opportunities that will have the best chance of resulting in a high positive impact. Applying key criteria, this paper identifies a range of suggested signals and opportunities to respond to them that have the potential for accelerating climate action and support.

Hosted by C2ES, EDF, and Transforma, in coordination with the main authors of the paper, please join us to discuss how the GST can help deliver a meaningful and effective response to the challenges of climate change across mitigation, adaptation and loss & damage (L&D), and means of implementation.

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