Adoption: 02/07/2025
Climate Action implementation in view of the EU contribution to UNFCCC COP30
ENVE-VIII/003
Strengthen EU leadership and ambition for COP30 by promoting ambitious NDCs, a 2040 EU emissions reduction target, and a consistent, credible climate transition aligned with economic resilience and energy security.
Embed multilevel governance in climate policy by ensuring cities and regions are structurally involved in NDCs, adaptation plans, and international negotiations, recognising their key role in delivering climate action.
Scale up and improve access to climate finance with a strong focus on direct funding for local and regional authorities, including through the ‘Baku-Belém Roadmap to 1.3T’ and reforms to financial mechanisms.
Boost adaptation, resilience, and the nature-climate nexus by developing measurable indicators, strengthening local adaptation strategies, and integrating biodiversity and water resilience into climate policies.
Enhance subnational climate diplomacy and global cooperation by supporting networks (e.g. LGMA) and partnerships that enable cities and regions to influence global climate governance and accelerate implementation.
Embed multilevel governance in climate policy by ensuring cities and regions are structurally involved in NDCs, adaptation plans, and international negotiations, recognising their key role in delivering climate action.
Scale up and improve access to climate finance with a strong focus on direct funding for local and regional authorities, including through the ‘Baku-Belém Roadmap to 1.3T’ and reforms to financial mechanisms.
Boost adaptation, resilience, and the nature-climate nexus by developing measurable indicators, strengthening local adaptation strategies, and integrating biodiversity and water resilience into climate policies.
Enhance subnational climate diplomacy and global cooperation by supporting networks (e.g. LGMA) and partnerships that enable cities and regions to influence global climate governance and accelerate implementation.
CoR President participation in the COP30 Local Leaders Forum in Rio de Janeiro.
CoR included in organising committee of the COP30 Local Leaders Forum with UN and global networks.
EU endorsement of the CHAMP initiative.
Subnational section included in the updated EU Nationally Determined Contribution.
First Subnational Pre-COP at EURegionsWeek and Local COPs.
CoR position in COP30 Council conclusions and in the European Parliament Resolution.
CoR leading role in the LGMA Constituency, including in drafting its COP30 position paper and as co-lead of the LGMA Working Group on Adaptation.
CoR included in organising committee of the COP30 Local Leaders Forum with UN and global networks.
EU endorsement of the CHAMP initiative.
Subnational section included in the updated EU Nationally Determined Contribution.
First Subnational Pre-COP at EURegionsWeek and Local COPs.
CoR position in COP30 Council conclusions and in the European Parliament Resolution.
CoR leading role in the LGMA Constituency, including in drafting its COP30 position paper and as co-lead of the LGMA Working Group on Adaptation.
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS (CoR)
- underlines that, in the current geopolitical context, the climate transition must remain a priority to ensure long-term economic resilience and energy security;
- stresses the need for increased climate finance, robust adaptation indicators, and enhanced just transition pathways at COP30, while ensuring that cities and regions are structurally included in climate negotiations;
- recognises the urgent need to deliver ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions ahead of COP30 and urges all parties to adopt a multilevel planning and governance approach when drafting their NDCs, Long-Term Strategies and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs);
- emphasises that the EU’s NDC together with the legislative proposal to amend the EU Climate Law for a 90% net greenhouse gas emission reduction target by 2040 should consider local and regional socio-economic circumstances and ensure support for all sectors of the economy;
- calls on parties to ensure the success of the ‘Baku-Belém Roadmap to 1.3T’, ensuring that a significant portion of the USD 1.3 trillion per year by 2035 is allocated to direct access for cities and regions to locally responsive mitigation and adaptation measures;
- calls for the UAE-Belém work programme to include measurable indicators that reflect local and regional adaptation efforts;
- calls on the European Commission and Member States to support the subnational diplomacy and remains committed to contributing to the EU’s leadership in international climate negotiations through enhanced subnational climate diplomacy;
- notes that the engagement of local and regional authorities through the UNFCCC LGMA Constituency plays a key role in shaping the global climate agenda.
- underlines that, in the current geopolitical context, the climate transition must remain a priority to ensure long-term economic resilience and energy security;
- stresses the need for increased climate finance, robust adaptation indicators, and enhanced just transition pathways at COP30, while ensuring that cities and regions are structurally included in climate negotiations;
- recognises the urgent need to deliver ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions ahead of COP30 and urges all parties to adopt a multilevel planning and governance approach when drafting their NDCs, Long-Term Strategies and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs);
- emphasises that the EU’s NDC together with the legislative proposal to amend the EU Climate Law for a 90% net greenhouse gas emission reduction target by 2040 should consider local and regional socio-economic circumstances and ensure support for all sectors of the economy;
- calls on parties to ensure the success of the ‘Baku-Belém Roadmap to 1.3T’, ensuring that a significant portion of the USD 1.3 trillion per year by 2035 is allocated to direct access for cities and regions to locally responsive mitigation and adaptation measures;
- calls for the UAE-Belém work programme to include measurable indicators that reflect local and regional adaptation efforts;
- calls on the European Commission and Member States to support the subnational diplomacy and remains committed to contributing to the EU’s leadership in international climate negotiations through enhanced subnational climate diplomacy;
- notes that the engagement of local and regional authorities through the UNFCCC LGMA Constituency plays a key role in shaping the global climate agenda.