{"id":10786,"date":"2018-12-21T14:03:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T22:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climateworks.org\/?post_type=blog-posts&p=10786"},"modified":"2020-11-06T16:09:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T00:09:07","slug":"state-of-play-after-cop24","status":"publish","type":"blog-posts","link":"https:\/\/www.climateworks.org\/blog\/state-of-play-after-cop24\/","title":{"rendered":"The state of play after COP24 and looking ahead to 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

2018 was ClimateWorks\u2019 10th anniversary, a period bookended by UN climate conferences in Poland: COP14 in Poznan and the recently concluded COP24 in Katowice. A lot has changed in that decade, including the landmark Paris Agreement struck at COP21. This year at COP24 a deal was made on almost every aspect of the <\/span>Paris Rulebook<\/span><\/a>, which defines important aspects of the Paris Agreement\u2013affirming its resilience and the determination of Parties to press ahead, with the IPCC\u2019s most recent <\/span>report<\/span><\/a> ringing in their ears. <\/span><\/p>\n

Check out this <\/span>summary<\/span><\/a> from Carbon Brief for a complete rundown of the outcomes of Katowice and see below for a wrap-up of ClimateWorks at COP24. <\/span><\/p>\n

Measuring progress toward mid-century decarbonization<\/h2>\n

The Paris Agreement is framed around explicit, long-term goals, with regular review and assessments of progress every five years. A key component is the <\/span>Global Stocktake<\/span><\/a>, now codified in the Paris Rulebook, and referred to by Christiana Figueres as the \u201c<\/span>beating heart<\/span><\/a>\u201d of the Paris Agreement. <\/span><\/p>\n

To support this part of the deal, ClimateWorks launched the <\/span>Independent Global Stocktake<\/span><\/a> to bring together a global community of climate researchers, modelers, and advocates to coordinate and align in advance of the first Global Stocktake in <\/span>2023<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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K-CEP’s Dan Hamza Goodacre (left) participated in a panel discussion on fast action on the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol hosted by UN Environment and Rwanda.<\/p><\/div>\n

With emissions still rising and climate impacts accelerating, increased ambition is urgent. China and the EU are well-positioned to step up, and at COP24 we shared new <\/span>modeling<\/span><\/a> that identifies policies that can lead to a peak in energy CO<\/span>2<\/span> emissions in China as early as 2020 and net-zero emissions in Europe by 2050.<\/span><\/p>\n

Building on momentum from September\u2019s Global Climate Action Summit, where cities, states, businesses, and countries made bold commitments to climate action, innovation and progress were on display in Katowice. At COP24, ClimateWorks convened groups to continue our collaborative <\/span>efforts<\/span><\/a> to identify the potential of, measure, and accelerate non-Party action.<\/span><\/p>\n

Measurement is also at the heart of the ClimateWorks-supported <\/span>Initiative for Climate Action Transparency<\/span><\/a>, which convened countries and other key players to discuss progress and next steps in developing methodologies and toolkits that enable Parties to convert their Paris commitments into policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accelerating climate action today<\/h2>\n

Action and leadership are showcased in \u201cBlueprint to Transition\u201d, a short film that looks at how the UK and the Netherlands are phasing out coal power in the next 8-12 years, moving to clean power, and becoming a model for other governments to follow. The video, co-produced by ClimateWorks, was screened at the Powering Past Coal Alliance COP24 side-event.<\/span><\/p>\n