Connecting
national & local
climate action

Recalling the Paris Agreement's recognition of the importance of engagement of all levels of government, and subsequent decisions by the Conference of Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC on multilevel engagement,

Reaffirming that collaborative and science-based climate action coordinated between national and subnational governments — including cities, towns, states and regions — is critical and creates additional potential for emissions reduction, building resilience, and avoiding severe climate impacts,

Acknowledging respective national legislations, regulations, and circumstances, and the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement as the primary intergovernmental fora for the global response to climate change,

We, the countries identified below, gathered at COP28, pledge to join the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) for Climate Action in order to enhance cooperation with our subnational governments in the planning, financing, implementation, and monitoring of climate strategies — including NDCs, NAPs, NBSAPs and LT-LEDS — to maximise climate action with a view towards collectively pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.