Global Climate Action 2022

The executive summary of 'Global Climate Action 2022' by the NewClimate Institute analyzes International Climate Initiatives (ICIs), noting a downward trend in productivity and performance since 2019. It highlights a significant underrepresentation of the Global South and evaluates the potential of 'Glasgow Initiatives' from COP26 to bridge the 2030 emission ambition gap, provided more large-emitting countries join and implement them.

• Since 2013, 601 International Climate Initiatives (ICIs) have been launched, involving over 70,000 participants from cities, regions, businesses, and NGOs. However, the growth of active initiatives—which comprise 85% of all ICIs launched since 2013—has flattened since 2019, potentially due to the expiration of initiatives from the 2015 Paris UN Climate Conference and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
• The productivity and performance of ICIs are trending downwards, with an increasing share of initiatives in both mitigation and adaptation being 'badly or non-performing' since 2019. This is attributed to a gap between commitments and implementation, the exhaustion of 'low-hanging fruit', and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• There is a persistent and growing underrepresentation of the Global South in ICIs. Implementation, funding, and leadership are disproportionately concentrated in the Global North, and the share of outputs produced in the Global North has grown steadily since 2015.
• Twelve 'Glasgow initiatives' launched around COP26 have a theoretical capacity to cover approximately 75% of the 14 GtCO2e 'ambition gap' in 2030 between the reference NDC scenario and the 1.5°C scenario. However, full implementation by current signatories would only yield about 4 GtCO2e of additional reductions because many actions are already in NDCs. An additional 7 GtCO2e could be achieved if more governments, particularly large emitters, sign up.
• Certain sectors remain underserved by ICIs and require more momentum for decarbonization, specifically the buildings sector and heavy industry sectors such as chemicals and cement, which have not been well covered by initiatives involving large emitting countries or international institutions.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2022). Global Climate Action 2022. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/global-climate-action-2022

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Global Climate Action 2022. 2022. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/global-climate-action-2022.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2022global, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Global Climate Action 2022}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/global-climate-action-2022}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }