Concept Note & Agenda
Parliamentary Leadership for the 2030 Agenda Webinar Series
Climate Leadership: Preparing for COP26
March 22, 2021 | 8:00 am to 10:00 am EDT | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm CET |
Other Time Zones
Climate change is now increasingly moving from abstract, hypothetical scenarios by materializing into an
ever-growing number of climate hazards that threaten to upend the way of life in communities across
the world. There is still a lack of immediate action, as shown by the UN Climate
Cha ge s
Nationally
Determined Contribution (NDC) Synthesis Report published in late February. The report underlines that
even though several countries have increased their commitments in terms of NDCs, this will only
achieve a reduction of emissions of less than one percent.
2020 as supposed to e the super year for li ate a d e iro e t. But due to the COVID-19
pandemic, both the 26th UN climate conference (COP26) and the 15th UN biodiversity conference
(COP15) were postponed to 2021
–
and the same can be said for the political action that is well overdue
to meet the Paris Agreement.
It is critical that governments and legislators around the world now focus on Action and Delivery.
Parliamentarians play a crucial role in designing and adopting the necessary policies and holding
governments accountable for delivering on the Paris Agreement. As representatives of the interests and
needs of their constituents and their key role in approving laws and budgets, parliamentarians are
pivotal in addressing the climate crisis.
In this webinar, parliamentarians from all over the world will convene to discuss
Climate Leadership:
Preparing for COP26.
This is the second session in the "Parliamentary
Leadership for the 2030 Agenda"
webinar series
to support parliamentarians with scientific evidence for decision making by the
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Parliamentarians for the Global Goals (PfGG), and
the International Health Partnership for UHC 2030 (UHC2030). This discussion-focused event seeks to
foster an engaging dialogue between decision-makers in parliament and experts to determine how to
best rise to the challenges posed by climate change.
In this session, we have asked leading experts and Members of Parliament to reflect on what strategies
can be followed by parliamentarians to address the climate crisis. What are examples of successful
measures that can be undertaken to reduce emissions and put the world on track for net-zero carbon
emissions? How can these policies be enacted within a gender-responsive framework? More
importantly, how can parliamentarians play a role in the implementation of climate mitigation and
adaptation strategies? And how can parliaments utilize the framework of the COP to inspire each other
across borders?