Why the work of the Marrakech Partnership is vital beyond 2020

The We Mean Business coalition asserts that the Marrakech Partnership is a crucial platform for integrating business, city, and civil society innovation into the UNFCCC regime. As the partnership's mandate expires at the end of 2020, the coalition emphasizes that public-private collaboration is vital for countries to submit and implement revised nationally determined contributions (NDCs) aligned with the 1.5°C goal and a net-zero economy by 2050.

• The Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action serves as a critical mechanism for integrating the innovation and ambition of non-state actors, including businesses and cities, into the UNFCCC framework.
• There is significant private sector momentum for climate action, evidenced by over 100 companies pledging to align emissions cuts with the 1.5°C limit to reach net-zero by 2050, and over 1,070 companies committed through We Mean Business coalition initiatives.
• Business leaders in the European Union, the United States, and Japan have actively lobbied their respective governments for more ambitious climate policies, such as carbon pricing and long-term decarbonization strategies for climate neutrality by 2050.
• The transition to a net-zero economy requires a reciprocal relationship where government policies provide the certainty needed for business investment, which in turn gives governments the confidence to set more ambitious targets.

APA

Knight, R. (2019). Why the work of the Marrakech Partnership is vital beyond 2020. We Mean Business Coalition. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/why-the-work-of-the-marrakech-partnership-is-vital-beyond-2020/

Chicago

Knight, Robin. Why the work of the Marrakech Partnership is vital beyond 2020. We Mean Business Coalition, 2019. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/why-the-work-of-the-marrakech-partnership-is-vital-beyond-2020/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{knight2019why, author = {Knight, Robin}, title = {{Why the work of the Marrakech Partnership is vital beyond 2020}}, publisher = {We Mean Business Coalition}, year = {2019}, month = dec, url = {https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/why-the-work-of-the-marrakech-partnership-is-vital-beyond-2020/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }