Commission for the Environment, Climate change and Energy
Klimato valdymas po 2020 m. Europos ir pasaulinė perspektyva: indėlis į 24-ąją Jungtinių Tautų bendrosios klimato kaitos konvencijos šalių konferenciją (COP 24)
Opinion factsheet
Šioje svetainėje
- Aplinka
- Klimato kaitos politika
Opinion number:
CDR-0923-2018
Status:
Priimta
Objective
The European Committee of the Regions:
Recalls that the Paris Agreement recognises the important role played by multilevel governance in climate policies and the need to engage with regions, cities and non-Party stakeholders.
Considers that the stepping-up of politically-relevant, democratically elected non-Party stakeholders such as local and regional authorities (LRAs) in the global climate governance regime is a non-negligible trend, and that it is therefore essential that the UNFCCC regulatory framework acknowledges this form of bottom-up governance by formally recognising its role in the decision-making process.
Calls for NDCs to include an aggregation of regionally and locally determined contributions to recognise the role of subnational authorities in the achievement of the international climate commitments and considers that, provisions should be enshrined in the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union, notably as regards the participation of LRAs in the preparation of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans.
Calls for the transparency framework to include in the national inventory reports a dedicated section on mitigation actions undertaken at the subnational levels of governments as a way to help track the progress towards achieving the NDC (and R/LDCs).
Calls on the UNFCCC Parties and on the European Commission to insert in the future rules on the global stocktake, an obligation for the Parties to consult and involve local and regional authorities during the formulation phase of their submissions.
Calls on the COP Presidencies, UN Climate Change Secretariat and UNFCCC Parties to clarify how the results of the Talanoa Dialogue will be processed and integrated into the negotiating texts to be adopted at COP24.
Proposes that the Talanoa Dialogue should not be limited to a storytelling approach, and should continue beyond COP24 turning into a mid-term exercise during the global stocktake cycles. During that process, a fourth question - "by when?" – could be added to the Dialogue framework.
Recalls that the Paris Agreement recognises the important role played by multilevel governance in climate policies and the need to engage with regions, cities and non-Party stakeholders.
Considers that the stepping-up of politically-relevant, democratically elected non-Party stakeholders such as local and regional authorities (LRAs) in the global climate governance regime is a non-negligible trend, and that it is therefore essential that the UNFCCC regulatory framework acknowledges this form of bottom-up governance by formally recognising its role in the decision-making process.
Calls for NDCs to include an aggregation of regionally and locally determined contributions to recognise the role of subnational authorities in the achievement of the international climate commitments and considers that, provisions should be enshrined in the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union, notably as regards the participation of LRAs in the preparation of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans.
Calls for the transparency framework to include in the national inventory reports a dedicated section on mitigation actions undertaken at the subnational levels of governments as a way to help track the progress towards achieving the NDC (and R/LDCs).
Calls on the UNFCCC Parties and on the European Commission to insert in the future rules on the global stocktake, an obligation for the Parties to consult and involve local and regional authorities during the formulation phase of their submissions.
Calls on the COP Presidencies, UN Climate Change Secretariat and UNFCCC Parties to clarify how the results of the Talanoa Dialogue will be processed and integrated into the negotiating texts to be adopted at COP24.
Proposes that the Talanoa Dialogue should not be limited to a storytelling approach, and should continue beyond COP24 turning into a mid-term exercise during the global stocktake cycles. During that process, a fourth question - "by when?" – could be added to the Dialogue framework.
Impact
Participation at the May session of UNFCCC COP24 negotiations session, and participation at the Talanoa Dialouge in Bonn (May 2018);
Rapporteur presents main points of the opinion to the ENVI Committee at the European Parliament (June 2018);
A CoR delegation participates as observer in the EU delegation at the UNFCCC COP24 in Katowice, Poland (December 2018).
Rapporteur presents main points of the opinion to the ENVI Committee at the European Parliament (June 2018);
A CoR delegation participates as observer in the EU delegation at the UNFCCC COP24 in Katowice, Poland (December 2018).
Essential points
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
- Recalls that the Paris Agreement recognises the important role played by multilevel governance in climate policies and the need to engage with regions, cities and non-Party stakeholders.
- Considers that the stepping-up of politically-relevant, democratically elected non-Party stakeholders such as local and regional authorities (LRAs) in the global climate governance regime is a non-negligible trend, and that it is therefore essential that the UNFCCC regulatory framework acknowledges this form of bottom-up governance by formally recognising its role in the decision-making process.
- Calls for NDCs to include an aggregation of regionally and locally determined contributions to recognise the role of subnational authorities in the achievement of the international climate commitments and considers that, provisions should be enshrined in the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union, notably as regards the participation of LRAs in the preparation of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans.
- Calls for the transparency framework to include in the national inventory reports a dedicated section on mitigation actions undertaken at the subnational levels of governments as a way to help track the progress towards achieving the NDC (and R/LDCs).
- Calls on the UNFCCC Parties and on the European Commission to insert in the future rules on the global stocktake, an obligation for the Parties to consult and involve local and regional authorities during the formulation phase of their submissions.
- Calls on the COP Presidencies, UN Climate Change Secretariat and UNFCCC Parties to clarify how the results of the Talanoa Dialogue will be processed and integrated into the negotiating texts to be adopted at COP24.
- Proposes that the Talanoa Dialogue should not be limited to a storytelling approach, and should continue beyond COP24 turning into a mid-term exercise during the global stocktake cycles. During that process, a fourth question - "by when?" – could be added to the Dialogue framework.