Nordic opportunities to provide leadership in the Global Climate Action Agenda

The report identifies approximately 300 international cooperative initiatives (ICIs) under the Global Climate Action Agenda, noting that Nordic countries are highly active participants, with 62% of these initiatives involving at least one Nordic country. It argues that while these initiatives vary in scale and transparency, they are critical for bridging the estimated 32 Gigaton emissions gap by 2030 required to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The analysis highlights seven specific initiatives—including the Under2 Coalition and the New York Declaration on Forests—as high-potential areas for Nordic leadership and support, aligned with the 2019 Declaration on Nordic Carbon Neutrality.

• Nordic countries demonstrate a high level of engagement in international cooperative initiatives (ICIs) relative to their size, with 186 initiatives (62% of the approximately 300 identified worldwide) featuring participation from at least one Nordic country.
• Non-state climate initiatives are viewed as essential for closing the emissions gap, which is estimated at roughly 32 Gigatons by 2030 under current unconditional Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius target.
• The report identifies seven specific initiatives with significant upscaling potential that align with the 2019 Declaration on Nordic Carbon Neutrality: the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP), InsuResilience Global Partnership, Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN), Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), The New York Declaration on Forests, and the Under2 Coalition.
• While ICIs offer potential for reducing gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing climate resiliency, the report notes that challenges regarding transparency and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) persist across many of these initiatives.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2019). Nordic opportunities to provide leadership in the Global Climate Action Agenda. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/nordic-opportunities-to-provide-leadership-in-the-global-climate-action

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Nordic opportunities to provide leadership in the Global Climate Action Agenda. 2019. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/nordic-opportunities-to-provide-leadership-in-the-global-climate-action.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2019nordic, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Nordic opportunities to provide leadership in the Global Climate Action Agenda}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2019}, month = may, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/nordic-opportunities-to-provide-leadership-in-the-global-climate-action}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }