COP29 Climate and Energy Declaration Tracker

The Pledge “will commit to green energy zones and corridors, including targets to promote investment, stimulate economic growth, develop, modernise and expand infrastructure, and foster regional cooperation.”

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The Pledge “will unlock the potential of a global market for clean hydrogen and its derivatives with guiding principles and priorities, to address regulatory, technological, financing, and standardisation barriers.”

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“The appeal for a COP Truce, modeled on the Olympic Truce, will highlight the importance of peace and climate action.It will aim to remind all nations of the interplay between conflict and climate change and emphasise the imperative of finding collective solutions to protect the most vulnerable.”

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The Declaration “will emphasize the urgent need for accelerated climate action in the tourism sector and call upon stakeholders to promote sustainable tourism practices by reducing emissions and increasing resilience in the sector. Governments endorsing the Declaration will work towards positioning tourism as a component of climate solutions by integrating tourism into national climate policy documents.”

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The “Declaration will streamline work towards 1.5-aligned waste sector commitments in national climate policy documents with quantified targets to reduce methane in waste and food systems.”

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The Declaration “will seek to enhance multisectoral cooperation to address climate challenges in cities and an initiative to create coherence in all urban climate efforts and catalyse urban climate finance.”

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The Declaration “will include sectoral targets for tourism in NDCs and promote sustainable practices by reducing emissions and increasing resilience in the sector. A further initiative with outcomes to enhance transparency in the sector and provide frameworks for sustainable food systems in tourism.”

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The Declaration “will call upon stakeholders to take integrated approaches when combating the causes and impacts of climate change on water basins and water-related ecosystems, strengthen regional and international cooperation, integrated water-related mitigation and adaptation measures in national climate policies. The Declaration
will launch the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action to enhance COP-to-COP continuity and coherence in the field.”

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The Pledge “will aim to increase global energy storage capacity six times above 2022 levels, reaching 1,500 gigawatts by 2030. To enhance energy grids, endorsers will also commit to enhance grid capacity through a global grid deployment goal of adding or refurbishing 25 million kilometres of grids by 2030, recognising analysis from the IEA on the need to add or refurbish an additional 65 million kilometres by 2040 to align with net-zero emissions by 2050.”

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The Baku Ocean Declaration urges UN Climate Conference parties and others to enhance ocean monitoring of key variables. It emphasizes that improved ocean observations can help achieve the Rio Conventions’ climate, biodiversity, and desertification goals. Key elements of the Declaration include:

• Strengthening international cooperation to tackle the interconnected crises of climate, biodiversity, and freshwater.
• Increasing public and private funding for sustained ocean observation and research.
• Expanding capacity and access to ocean data, especially for small island and coastal communities.
• Raising awareness of the ocean’s role in planetary health to encourage decision-makers to prioritize its protection and restoration.

Ocean Pavilion Partners include Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. For additional information, visit: https://oceanpavilion-cop.org/baku-ocean-declaration/ 

The declaration urges “member-states to incorporate integrated waste and resource management strategies and initiatives into their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to combat climate change.”

Learn more here: https://www.iswa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISWA-Climate-Declaration-for-COP-29_Endorsed.pdf?v=546a9a80eb98

The declaration is a “framework to accelerate inclusive, child- and youth-centred climate policies and action at national and global levels.”

Learn more here: https://www.unicef.org/media/124221/file/Annex:%20Declaration%20on%20Children

The coalition “aims to secure sustainable funding for climate action by establishing levies on carbon-intensive industries, based on the polluter pays principle.”

Lead Countries: France, Kenya, and Barbados

New signatories: Sierra Leone, Zambia, Fiji, Djibouti and Somalia.

To learn more, visit: https://globalsolidaritylevies.org/world-leaders-pledge-action-on-climate-finance-as-coalition-for-solidarity-levies-launched-at-cop29/

A regional partnership to exchange best practices in the construction of interconnections. The initiative calls for deepening interregional cooperation to deliver more sustainable, reliable and clean energy systems. Energy connectivity dialogues will support the European Political Community Regional partnerships for enhanced energy transition. The initiative is in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and to support connectivity for electricity transmission in the South-North corridor, which will enable the integration of renewable energy into energy systems. The vision is to hold a series of technical and politically structured dialogues to exchange views on topics of common interest in the coming months. In February 2025, at a themed event in Sofia, the scope of the dialogues will be defined and specific areas where it would be most useful to share knowledge, know-how and experience will be formulated.

To learn more, visit: https://www.me.government.bg/en/news/minister-malinov-the-united-efforts-of-countries-to-develop-their-electricity-systems-are-the-best-response-to-the-challenges-of-the-energy-transition-3537.html?p=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaG90bmV3cyJ9

The initiative is aimed at addressing the urgent nexus of climate change, conflict, and humanitarian needs and brings into partnership an unprecedented set of Global North and South countries. It reiterates global pledges and introduces innovative recommendations addressing critical issues such as: water scarcity: enhancing sustainable water management practices; food insecurity: promoting climate-resilient agricultural solutions; and land degradation: supporting land rehabilitation and ecosystem restoration. The Baku Call establishes the Baku Climate and Peace Action Hub, a cooperative platform designed to facilitate collaboration between national, regional, and international peace and climate initiatives to ensure peace-sensitive climate action and scale up support and finance for the most climate-vulnerable countries also affected by conflicts and high humanitarian needs.

To learn more, visit: https://cop29.az/en/media-hub/news/cop29-presidency-launches-baku-call-on-climate-action-for-peace-relief-and-recovery

Joint statement to deliver various outcomes on human development, including catalysing investment in education, skills, health, and well-being, in particular for children and youth, establishing COP-to-COP continuity, and enhancing environmental literacy through education standards.

To learn more, visit: https://www.iom.int/news/joint-statement-baku-initiative-human-development-climate-resilience#:~:text=Scaling%20up%20age%2D%20and%20gender,multi%2D%20stakeholder%20partnerships%20and%20coordination.

The coalition aims to provide a long standing framework to drive impactful health outcomes from past climate commitments. By bridging efforts across COP presidencies, the coalition reinforces sustained action and ensures ongoing momentum on critical health priorities as COP30 approaches.

To learn more, visit: https://www.who.int/news/item/18-11-2024-baku-cop29-advances-health-climate-commitments-with-new-coalition

Cooperation to strengthen and scale the provision of political, technical, and financial assistance to support industrial decarbonisation globally.

Lead Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, and Canada

For more information, visit: https://climate-club.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/COP29-Global-Pledge-Scaling-International-Assistance-for-Industry-Decarbonisation.pdf

COFFIS is a coalition of governments working together to remove barriers and facilitate transparency toward the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies.

COFFIS members are focusing their work around three pillars:

1. Transparency: Increasing transparency by producing an overview of their fossil fuel subsidies.
2. International agreements: Identifying and addressing international barriers to phasing out fossil subsidies, such as restricting taxation on aviation and shipping fuels.
3. National action: Developing national strategies for phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.

New signatories: United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Colombia.

For additional information, visit: https://www.iisd.org/articles/press-release/united-kingdom-new-zealand-colombia-join-coffis

(Note: Launched at the G20): The new partnership will speed up the global drive for clean power by uniting developed and developing countries across the north and south. The alliance of countries will work together and share expertise with the goal of meeting the COP28 commitments to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency. The Global Clean Power Alliance will have ‘Missions’ to address the most critical energy transition challenges. The first of these is the Finance Mission, which will be co-chaired by Brazil, and will harness the political leadership needed to unlock private finance on a huge scale, so that no developing country is left behind.

For more information, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-launches-clean-power-alliance-as-uk-leads-the-global-energy-transition

[Launched at the G20]: The initiative aims to strengthen research and measures to address disinformation campaigns that are delaying and derailing climate action. The initiative is being established as a dedicated multilateral collaboration among States and international organizations to fund research and action promoting information integrity on climate issues. Aiming to expand the scope and breadth of research into climate disinformation and its impacts, the effort will gather evidence from around the world to inform and bolster strategic action, advocacy and communications. Countries committing to the Initiative will contribute to a UNESCO-administered fund, with a goal of raising an initial USD 10 to 15 million over the next 36 months, to be distributed as grants to non-governmental organizations to support their work to research climate information integrity, develop communication strategies and undertake public awareness campaigns.

Lead Countries and Organizations: Brazil, United Nations, and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

For more information, visit: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/page/g20-leaders%E2%80%99-summit-brazil-un-and-unesco-launch-global-initiative-information

The initiative aims to create a central platform that unites efforts, coalitions, and partnerships focused on agriculture, food security, and water resources; to mobilize investments supporting sustainable agriculture; and to strengthen the capabilities of farmers, especially female and young farmers.

For more information, visit: https://cop29.az/en/media-hub/news/countries-representing-nearly-50-of-global-methane-emissions-from-organic-waste-pledge-to-reduce-emissions-from-sector

Signatories announced their intention to put forward national climate plans that reflect no new unabated coal in their energy systems and call on others to do the same.

For more information, visit: https://poweringpastcoal.org/news/countries-join-call-to-action-for-no-new-coal-in-national-climate-plans/

A partnership across COP presidencies—COP27, COP28, COP29 and COP30—to ensure continuity in urban climate agendas and encourage future COP hosts to prioritise urban resilience.

For additional information, visit: https://cop29.az/en/media-hub/news/cop29-presidency-spotlights-tourism-transport-and-urbanisation-day-ten-urbanisation-transport-tourism-day