Climate Action. 1. The Parties, recalling the objectives, principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, adopted under the Convention, and stressing the need to step up the global efforts to tackle climate change in light of the findings of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, agree to contribute to global emission reduction, in line with keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre- industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. They recognise the importance of reaching net zero global anthropogenic emissions as soon as possible. They commit, to this end, to successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that will represent a progression beyond their current NDCs and reflect their highest possible ambition, in light of different national circumstances, and reaffirm their objective of each achieving climate neutrality by 2050. 2. The Parties shall develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, including through legislative and governance frameworks, and shall carry out concrete actions to scale up the implementation of the Paris Agreement. They shall develop monitoring, reporting and verification, and evaluation systems to track progress on climate action. 3. The Parties shall accelerate and intensify efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change, including by developing and implementing ambitious National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). They shall develop and implement policies, strategies and legislative frameworks with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental sectors. 4. The Parties, recognising that fossil fuel energy and transport sector contribute significantly to carbon emissions, undertake to develop energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions and to further reduce carbon emissions from the land-, aviation- and maritime-transport sectors. They shall strengthen cooperative action on technology development and transfer. They shall aim to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and to minimise the possible adverse impacts, in a manner that protects the poor and affected communities. 5. The Parties shall apply integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches to addressing climate change and its impacts, taking into account the vulnerability of small island developing states and taking into consideration their relevant policy frameworks, including the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP). 6. The Parties shall support action to align finance flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate- resilient development. They shall cooperate to mobilise climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments and channels to support the development and implementation of national adaptation plans and nationally determined contributions beyond current levels, in line with the Paris Agreement. 7. The Parties shall promote an ambitious phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the Kigali Amendment thereof. They shall encourage all the Parties to the Protocol to ratify and ensure the swift implementation of the Amendment. 8. The Parties shall strengthen coordination across all levels of governance and shall take action based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous and local knowledge systems. They shall encourage and enable local authorities to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall promote existing initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and should support the implementation of their action plans. 9. The Parties shall work together towards developing knowledge networks for climate adaptation and response and strengthening scientific, technical, human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through space technologies and information systems.
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Climate Action. 1. The Parties, recalling the objectives, principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, adopted under the Convention, and stressing the need to step up the global efforts to tackle climate change in light of the findings of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, agree to contribute to global emission reduction, in line with keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre- industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. They recognise the importance of reaching net zero global anthropogenic emissions as soon as possible. They commit, to this end, to successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that will represent a progression beyond their current NDCs and reflect their highest possible ambition, in light of different national circumstances, and reaffirm their objective of each achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
2. The Parties shall develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, including through legislative and governance frameworks, and shall carry out implement concrete actions action to scale up accelerate the full implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement, and to sustain multilateral action on climate change.
2. The Parties shall promote the integration of climate change policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation into national and regional strategies and plans and policy dialogues. They shall cooperate to promote adaptation action, including averting, minimising and addressing the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. They shall develop monitoring, reporting and verification, and evaluation systems to track progress on climate action.
3. The Parties shall accelerate cooperate to prepare, communicate and intensify efforts update progressively ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDCs), pursue the national and regional mitigation measures needed to adapt to achieve the impacts objectives of climate change, including by developing such contributions and implementing ambitious National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). They shall develop long-term strategies for low-carbon and implement policies, strategies and legislative frameworks with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental sectorsclimate-resilient development.
4. The Parties, recognising that fossil fuel energy Parties shall develop and transport sector contribute significantly to carbon emissions, undertake to develop energy efficiency implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) and renewable energy solutions national and to further reduce carbon emissions from the land-, aviation- and maritime-transport sectorsregional strategies. They shall strengthen cooperative action integrate adaptation measures across all key vulnerable sectors, including infrastructures, and shall develop an effective governance system to implement adaptation actions and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practices on technology development climate change at national and transfer. They shall aim to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and to minimise the possible adverse impacts, in a manner that protects the poor and affected communitiesregional levels.
5. The Parties shall apply integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches act to addressing climate change and its impacts, taking into account the vulnerability of small island developing states and taking into consideration their relevant policy frameworksreduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including from aviation and shipping activities, in line with their international commitments and obligations, including under the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP)Paris Agreement.
6. The Parties shall support action Parties, considering the threats that climate change poses to align finance flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions peace and climate- resilient development. They security and the well-being of people and communities, shall cooperate to mobilise climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments strengthen adaptation and channels mitigation capacities and promote resilience-building measures to support the development and implementation of national adaptation plans and nationally determined contributions beyond current levels, in line with the Paris Agreementaddress their vulnerability.
7. The Parties shall promote an ambitious the phase-down out of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and Layer, by cooperating to support the ratification of the Kigali Amendment thereof. They shall encourage all the Parties to the Protocol to ratify and ensure the swift implementation of the AmendmentMontreal Protocol and ensuring its swift implementation.
8. The Parties shall strengthen rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, and minimise the possible adverse impacts in a manner that protects poor and vulnerable communities. They shall promote the switch to renewable and cleaner energy sources in line with actions under the NDCs.
9. The Parties shall cooperate to advance low-carbon economies and climate resilience by strengthening green growth in key and emerging economic sectors, including through the adoption of eco-innovation, the promotion of technology transfer, the development of standards and the exchange of best practices.
10. The Parties shall develop innovative financing tools and align financial flows with a pathway to low-carbon and climate- resilient development, with a focus on inclusive climate finance that seeks to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from the adverse effects of climate change. They shall promote economic policy instruments that support climate change action, such as carbon pricing, market-based instruments and carbon taxes, as appropriate.
11. The Parties shall promote strengthened coordination across all levels of governance and shall take action based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous and local knowledge systems. They shall encourage and enable local authorities government to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall promote existing encourage and empower local authorities and support initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and should support the implementation of their action plansAccelerating Renewable Energy Transition in small island developing states (SIDS).
912. The Parties shall work together towards developing knowledge networks for climate adaptation to strengthen their scientific and response and strengthening scientific, technical, technical human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through the use of space technologies and information systemssystems and for the provision of comprehensive climate services, in particular to vulnerable stakeholders.
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Climate Action. 1. The Parties, recalling Parties shall pursue the objectives, objectives and be guided by the principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Change. They shall enact comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement, adopted under the Convention, and stressing the need to step up the global efforts to tackle climate change in light of the findings of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, agree to contribute to global emission reduction, in line with keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre- industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. They recognise the importance of reaching net zero global anthropogenic emissions as soon as possible. They commit, to this end, to successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that will represent a progression beyond their current NDCs and reflect their highest possible ambition, in light of different national circumstances, and reaffirm their objective of each achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
2. The Parties shall formulate, communicate and maintain successive and ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic implement ambitious National Adaptations Plans (NAPs), as appropriate, develop long-term visions towards low emissions and climate-resilient development and invest in climate policies change mitigation and programmes, including through legislative and governance frameworks, and shall carry out concrete actions to scale up the implementation of the Paris Agreementadaptation capacities. They shall develop monitoringMonitoring, reporting Reporting and verification, and Verification (MRV) as well as evaluation systems to track progress on climate action.
3. The Parties shall accelerate design long term strategies to reduce emissions arising from the transport sector (road, aviation and intensify efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change, including by developing and implementing ambitious National Adaptation Plans (NAPsmaritime). They shall develop promote smart urban mobility and implement policies▇▇▇▇▇▇ the implementation of policy approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from unsustainable land management, strategies deforestation and legislative frameworks with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental sectors.
4forest degradation. The Parties, recognising that fossil fuel They shall engage in promoting renewable energy and transport sector contribute significantly to carbon emissions, undertake to develop energy efficiency and renewable encourage countries to engage in energy solutions and to further reduce carbon emissions from the land-, aviation- and maritime-transport sectorstransition. They shall strengthen cooperative action on technology development and transfer. They shall aim to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and to minimise the possible adverse impactsimpacts on their development, in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities.
5. The Parties shall apply integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches to addressing climate change and its impacts, taking into account the vulnerability of small island developing states and taking into consideration their relevant policy frameworks, including the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP).
6. The Parties shall support action to align finance flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate- resilient development. They shall cooperate strengthen international cooperation to mobilise climate finance from a wide variety of sourcesconserve and enhance, instruments as appropriate, greenhouse gas (GHG) sinks and channels to support the development and implementation of national adaptation plans and nationally determined contributions beyond current levels, in line with the Paris Agreementreservoirs.
74. The Parties shall promote an ambitious phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and by cooperating to support the ratification of the Kigali Amendment thereofthereof and shall work towards ensuring its swift implementation to achieve an ambitious global phase-down of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons.
5. The Parties shall recognise and act on the threat that climate change and environmental degradation pose to peace and security, particularly in situations of fragility and on the most vulnerable countries. They shall encourage all take measures for and work together in strengthening adaptation and resilience measures to ensure conflict prevention through early-warning systems, taking into account the security challenges linked to adverse effects of climate change and environmental risk factors and strengthen the link between early warning and early action across policy areas, including through risk and impact assessments.
6. The Parties shall aim at averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, in their domestic and international efforts, and in that context, shall recognise the important role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage.
7. The Parties shall take action to the Protocol to ratify align financial flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the swift implementation of the Amendmentclimate- resilient development.
8. The Parties shall aim at enhancing knowledge and capacity on policy options and instruments and best practices to improve resource efficiency along the entire life-cycle of natural resources and products. They shall work together towards strengthening scientific and technical, human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring at all relevant levels, with particular attention to the most vulnerable countries. They shall promote the use of space technologies and information systems.
9. The Parties shall strengthen coordination across all levels of governance and shall take action based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous and local knowledge systems. They shall to encourage and enable local authorities to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall promote synergies between public administration, civil society organisations and private businesses and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ participation of the private sector towards a low greenhouse gas emission and climate-resilient economy, including through joint research. They shall promote existing initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and should shall support the implementation of their action plans.
9. The Parties shall work together towards developing knowledge networks for climate adaptation and response and strengthening scientific, technical, human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through space technologies and information systems.
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Climate Action. 1. The Parties, recalling Parties shall pursue the objectives, objectives and be guided by the principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Change. They shall enact comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement, adopted under the Convention, and stressing the need to step up the global efforts to tackle climate change in light of the findings of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, agree to contribute to global emission reduction, in line with keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre- industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. They recognise the importance of reaching net zero global anthropogenic emissions as soon as possible. They commit, to this end, to successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that will represent a progression beyond their current NDCs and reflect their highest possible ambition, in light of different national circumstances, and reaffirm their objective of each achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
2. The Parties shall formulate, communicate and maintain successive and ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic implement ambitious National Adaptations Plans (NAPs), as appropriate, develop long-term visions towards low emissions and climate-resilient development and invest in climate policies change mitigation and programmes, including through legislative and governance frameworks, and shall carry out concrete actions to scale up the implementation of the Paris Agreementadaptation capacities. They shall develop monitoringMonitoring, reporting Reporting and verification, and Verification (MRV) as well as evaluation systems to track progress on climate action.
3. The Parties shall accelerate design long term strategies to reduce emissions arising from the transport sector (road, aviation and intensify efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change, including by developing and implementing ambitious National Adaptation Plans (NAPsmaritime). They shall develop promote smart urban mobility and implement policies▇▇▇▇▇▇ the implementation of policy approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from unsustainable land management, strategies deforestation and legislative frameworks with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental sectors.
4forest degradation. The Parties, recognising that fossil fuel They shall engage in promoting renewable energy and transport sector contribute significantly to carbon emissions, undertake to develop energy efficiency and renewable encourage countries to engage in energy solutions and to further reduce carbon emissions from the land-, aviation- and maritime-transport sectorstransition. They shall strengthen cooperative action on technology development and transfer. They shall aim to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and to minimise the possible adverse impactsimpacts on their development, in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities.
5. The Parties shall apply integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches to addressing climate change and its impacts, taking into account the vulnerability of small island developing states and taking into consideration their relevant policy frameworks, including the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP).
6. The Parties shall support action to align finance flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate- resilient development. They shall cooperate strengthen international cooperation to mobilise climate finance from a wide variety of sourcesconserve and enhance, instruments as appropriate, greenhouse gas (GHG) sinks and channels to support the development and implementation of national adaptation plans and nationally determined contributions beyond current levels, in line with the Paris Agreementreservoirs.
74. The Parties shall promote an ambitious phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and by cooperating to support the ratification of the Kigali Amendment thereofthereof and shall work towards ensuring its swift implementation to achieve an ambitious global phase-down of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons.
5. The Parties shall recognise and act on the threat that climate change and environmental degradation pose to peace and security, particularly in situations of fragility and on the most vulnerable countries. They shall encourage all take measures for and work together in strengthening adaptation and resilience measures to ensure conflict prevention through early-warning systems, taking into account the security challenges linked to adverse effects of climate change and environmental risk factors and strengthen the link between early warning and early action across policy areas, including through risk and impact assessments.
6. The Parties shall aim at averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, in their domestic and international efforts, and in that context, shall recognise the important role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage.
7. The Parties shall take action to the Protocol to ratify align financial flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the swift implementation of the Amendmentclimate-resilient development.
8. The Parties shall aim at enhancing knowledge and capacity on policy options and instruments and best practices to improve resource efficiency along the entire life-cycle of natural resources and products. They shall work together towards strengthening scientific and technical, human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring at all relevant levels, with particular attention to the most vulnerable countries. They shall promote the use of space technologies and information systems.
9. The Parties shall strengthen coordination across all levels of governance and shall take action based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous and local knowledge systems. They shall to encourage and enable local authorities to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall promote synergies between public administration, civil society organisations and private businesses and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ participation of the private sector towards a low greenhouse gas emission and climate-resilient economy, including through joint research. They shall promote existing initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and should shall support the implementation of their action plans.
9. The Parties shall work together towards developing knowledge networks for climate adaptation and response and strengthening scientific, technical, human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through space technologies and information systems.
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Sources: Partnership Agreement
Climate Action. 1. The Parties, recalling the objectives, principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, adopted under the Convention, and stressing the need to step up the global efforts to tackle climate change in light of the findings of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, agree to contribute to global emission reduction, in line with keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre- industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. They recognise the importance of reaching net zero global anthropogenic emissions as soon as possible. They commit, to this end, to successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that will represent a progression beyond their current NDCs and reflect their highest possible ambition, in light of different national circumstances, and reaffirm their objective of each achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
2. The Parties shall develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, including through legislative and governance frameworks, and shall carry out implement concrete actions action to scale up accelerate the full implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement, and to sustain multilateral action on climate change.
2. The Parties shall promote the integration of climate change policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation into national and regional strategies and plans and policy dialogues. They shall cooperate to promote adaptation action, including averting, minimising and addressing the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. They shall develop monitoring, reporting and verification, and evaluation systems to track progress on climate action.
3. The Parties shall accelerate cooperate to prepare, communicate and intensify efforts update progressively ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDCs), pursue the national and regional mitigation measures needed to adapt to achieve the impacts objectives of climate change, including by developing such contributions and implementing ambitious National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). They shall develop long-term strategies for low-carbon and implement policies, strategies and legislative frameworks with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental sectorsclimate-resilient development.
4. The Parties, recognising that fossil fuel energy Parties shall develop and transport sector contribute significantly to carbon emissions, undertake to develop energy efficiency implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) and renewable energy solutions national and to further reduce carbon emissions from the land-, aviation- and maritime-transport sectorsregional strategies. They shall strengthen cooperative action integrate adaptation measures across all key vulnerable sectors, including infrastructures, and shall develop an effective governance system to implement adaptation actions and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practices on technology development climate change at national and transfer. They shall aim to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and to minimise the possible adverse impacts, in a manner that protects the poor and affected communitiesregional levels.
5. The Parties shall apply integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches act to addressing climate change and its impacts, taking into account the vulnerability of small island developing states and taking into consideration their relevant policy frameworksreduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including from aviation and shipping activities, in line with their international commitments and obligations, including under the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP)Paris Agreement.
6. The Parties shall support action Parties, considering the threats that climate change poses to align finance flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions peace and climate- resilient development. They security and the well‑being of people and communities, shall cooperate to mobilise climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments strengthen adaptation and channels mitigation capacities and promote resilience ‑building measures to support the development and implementation of national adaptation plans and nationally determined contributions beyond current levels, in line with the Paris Agreementaddress their vulnerability.
7. The Parties shall promote an ambitious the phase-down out of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and Layer, by cooperating to support the ratification of the Kigali Amendment thereof. They shall encourage all the Parties to the Protocol to ratify and ensure the swift implementation of the AmendmentMontreal Protocol and ensuring its swift implementation.
8. The Parties shall strengthen rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, and minimise the possible adverse impacts in a manner that protects poor and vulnerable communities. They shall promote the switch to renewable and cleaner energy sources in line with actions under the NDCs.
9. The Parties shall cooperate to advance low-carbon economies and climate resilience by strengthening green growth in key and emerging economic sectors, including through the adoption of eco-innovation, the promotion of technology transfer, the development of standards and the exchange of best practices.
10. The Parties shall develop innovative financing tools and align financial flows with a pathway to low-carbon and climate-resilient development, with a focus on inclusive climate finance that seeks to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from the adverse effects of climate change. They shall promote economic policy instruments that support climate change action, such as carbon pricing, market-based instruments and carbon taxes, as appropriate.
11. The Parties shall promote strengthened coordination across all levels of governance and shall take action based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous and local knowledge systems. They shall encourage and enable local authorities government to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall promote existing encourage and empower local authorities and support initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and should support the implementation of their action plansAccelerating Renewable Energy Transition in small island developing states (SIDS).
912. The Parties shall work together towards developing knowledge networks for climate adaptation to strengthen their scientific and response and strengthening scientific, technical, technical human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through the use of space technologies and information systemssystems and for the provision of comprehensive climate services, in particular to vulnerable stakeholders.
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Sources: Partnership Agreement
Climate Action. 1. The Parties, recalling the objectives, principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, adopted under the Convention, and stressing the need to step up the global efforts to tackle climate change in light of the findings of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, agree to contribute to global emission reduction, in line with keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre- pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. They recognise the importance of reaching net zero global anthropogenic emissions as soon as possible. They commit, to this end, to successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that will represent a progression beyond their current NDCs and reflect their highest possible ambition, in light of different national circumstances, and reaffirm their objective of each achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
2. The Parties shall develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, including through legislative and governance frameworks, and shall carry out concrete actions to scale up the implementation of the Paris Agreement. They shall develop monitoring, reporting and verification, and evaluation systems to track progress on climate action.
3. The Parties shall accelerate and intensify efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change, including by developing and implementing ambitious National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). They shall develop and implement policies, strategies and legislative frameworks with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental sectors.
4. The Parties, recognising that fossil fuel energy and transport sector contribute significantly to carbon emissions, undertake to develop energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions and to further reduce carbon emissions from the land-, aviation- and maritime-transport sectors. They shall strengthen cooperative action on technology development and transfer. They shall aim to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and to minimise the possible adverse impacts, in a manner that protects the poor and affected communities.
5. The Parties shall apply integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches to addressing climate change and its impacts, taking into account the vulnerability of small island developing states and taking into consideration their relevant policy frameworks, including the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and the Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP).
6. The Parties shall support action to align finance flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate- climate-resilient development. They shall cooperate to mobilise climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments and channels to support the development and implementation of national adaptation plans and nationally determined contributions beyond current levels, in line with the Paris Agreement.
7. The Parties shall promote an ambitious phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the Kigali Amendment thereof. They shall encourage all the Parties to the Protocol to ratify and ensure the swift implementation of the Amendment.
8. The Parties shall strengthen coordination across all levels of governance and shall take action based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous and local knowledge systems. They shall encourage and enable local authorities to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall promote existing initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and should support the implementation of their action plans.
9. The Parties shall work together towards developing knowledge networks for climate adaptation and response and strengthening scientific, technical, human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through space technologies and information systems.
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