EU’s role in the world: how can EU climate diplomacy stimulate greater ambition?
Authors
M.J. Mace, Felipe Ossess and Tenzin Wangmo
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The EU and its member states could stimulate greater global ambition through international engagement and diplomacy, including by
- using the UNFCCC process and the annual cycle of high level meetings that influence climate COPs outcomes for ambitious messaging;
- accelerating action under other multilateral treaty processes that impact greenhouse gas emissions; setting EU standards to drive financial flows inside and outside EU borders to Paris-aligned activities;
- supporting initiatives and partnerships that drive action in sectors that are not yet Paris-aligned; partnering with individual developing countries to provide direct technical and financial support for enhanced mitigation and adaptation ambition;
- and supporting programmatic approaches that assist high-emitting countries and vulnerable countries in fulfilling their own just transition plans; and supporting accountability tools.
Notes
This publication was produced as a deliverable under the project 4i-TRACTION – innovation, investment, infrastructure and sector integration: TRAnsformative policies for a ClimaTe-neutral European UnION. This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101003884.