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|Website address=http://under2mou.org | |Website address=http://under2mou.org | ||
|Starting year=2015 | |Starting year=2015 | ||
− | |Secretariat=Libby Ferguson, States & Regions Director, The Climate Group, 2nd Floor, Riverside Building, County Hall, Belvedere Rd, London, SE1 7PB, United Kingdom, +44 (0)20 7960 2970, E-mail: lferguson | + | |Secretariat=Libby Ferguson, States & Regions Director, The Climate Group, 2nd Floor, Riverside Building, County Hall, Belvedere Rd, London, SE1 7PB, United Kingdom, +44 (0)20 7960 2970, E-mail: lferguson@theclimategroup.org |
|Geographical coverage=Global | |Geographical coverage=Global | ||
|Type of initiative=Intergovernmental process | |Type of initiative=Intergovernmental process | ||
|Primary function=Campaigning and awareness raising (e.g. output advocacy or awareness raising publication) | |Primary function=Campaigning and awareness raising (e.g. output advocacy or awareness raising publication) | ||
|Secondary functions=Policy planning / Institutional policy and economic framework (e.g. output policy documents / workshops),Technology transfer (e.g. output workshops and construction or improvement of physical facilities),Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) | |Secondary functions=Policy planning / Institutional policy and economic framework (e.g. output policy documents / workshops),Technology transfer (e.g. output workshops and construction or improvement of physical facilities),Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) | ||
+ | |Name of lead organisation=The Climate Group | ||
|Type of lead organisation=Local government | |Type of lead organisation=Local government | ||
|Location/Nationality of lead organisation=United States of America | |Location/Nationality of lead organisation=United States of America | ||
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|Goals=The Under 2 MOU brings together ambitious states and regions willing to make a number of key commitments towards emissions reduction and to help galvanize action at COP 21. Central to the agreement is that all signatories agree to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions 80 to 95%, or limit to 2 metric tons CO2-equivalent per capita, by 2050. | |Goals=The Under 2 MOU brings together ambitious states and regions willing to make a number of key commitments towards emissions reduction and to help galvanize action at COP 21. Central to the agreement is that all signatories agree to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions 80 to 95%, or limit to 2 metric tons CO2-equivalent per capita, by 2050. | ||
|Activities=Under 2 MOU is in line with scientifically established emissions levels necessary to limit global warming below 2 degrees Celsius; offers an opportunity for states, regions, and cities to share ideas and best practices on how to reduce GHGs and promote renewable energy; provides a model for other subnationals to join; builds momentum and collaboration ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris and encourages greater national ambition at those negotiations; brings international attention to the actions and ambitious reduction goals of climate leaders at a subnational level around the globe; demonstrates the collective impact of these actions and commitments across states, regions, cities, and countries; and highlights the diversity of approaches to reducing emissions. | |Activities=Under 2 MOU is in line with scientifically established emissions levels necessary to limit global warming below 2 degrees Celsius; offers an opportunity for states, regions, and cities to share ideas and best practices on how to reduce GHGs and promote renewable energy; provides a model for other subnationals to join; builds momentum and collaboration ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris and encourages greater national ambition at those negotiations; brings international attention to the actions and ambitious reduction goals of climate leaders at a subnational level around the globe; demonstrates the collective impact of these actions and commitments across states, regions, cities, and countries; and highlights the diversity of approaches to reducing emissions. | ||
− | |Participants=The Under 2 MOU initiative has currently been signed by | + | |Participants=The Under 2 MOU initiative has currently been signed by 136 participants that are states and provinces representing 783 million people. These include Acre, Baden-Wurttemberg, Baja California, Basque Country, British Columbia, California, Catalonia, Chiapas, Cross River State, Jalisco, Ontario, Oregon, Quebec, Rhone-Alpes, Scotland, Vermont, Wales, Washington. |
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+ | |Members=Are currently in discussion with new implementation partners to be announced at COP22. | ||
+ | Each signatory’s individual objectives in order to reach the Coalition’s common target are described in their Appendix to the Under 2 MOU (Memorandum of Understanding): http://under2mou.org/founding-signatories/ | ||
|Sub-national organisations/entities=103 | |Sub-national organisations/entities=103 | ||
|Participating national governments=Costa Rica,Germany,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Panama,United Kingdom | |Participating national governments=Costa Rica,Germany,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Panama,United Kingdom | ||
+ | |Short and long-time objectives=The Under 2 MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) is a long-term commitment by ambitious sub-national governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions 80 to 95%, or limit to 2 metric tons CO2-equivalent per capita, by 2050. | ||
+ | The Under 2 Coalition aims to support state, regional, and city government signatories to drive action and share expertise in three areas: developing deep decarbonization pathways; measuring and reporting progress and scaling policy solutions. This work aims to demonstrate the art of the possible thus helping national governments in their efforts to achieve their NDCs. | ||
+ | Each signatory’s individual objectives in order to reach the Coalition’s common target are described in their Appendix to the Under 2 MOU (Memorandum of Understanding): http://under2mou.org/founding-signatories/. | ||
+ | |Roadmap and work plan=The roadmap is currently being established. The coalition proposes to focus on three streams of work: | ||
+ | • PATHWAYS - supporting Under 2 MOU signatories to develop short and long-term goals and pathways towards deep decarbonisation; | ||
+ | • POLICY – putting in place the policies that work through knowledge sharing, technical support and cooperation; | ||
+ | • PROGRESS - ensuring governments have the expertise and systems in place to measure their emissions accurately and track progress. | ||
+ | |How are you tracking progress of your initiative=Signatories to the Under 2 MOU are invited to report their GHG emissions and climate actions to the Compact of States and Regions. | ||
+ | The Compact showcases individual and collective GHG reduction targets made by sub-national governments around the world. Each year, an assessment of progress toward those commitments takes place through the disclosure of GHG inventory data. The Compact commitments are also included in the Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA) platform (http://climateaction.unfccc.int/), the online tool developed by the United Nations with the governments of France and Peru for COP21. | ||
+ | https://www.theclimategroup.org/Compact | ||
+ | |Progress that has been made by your initiative=The Climate Group was selected as the Under 2 Coalition’s official secretariat at COP21 and secured funding to establish the first phase of the Under 2 Coalition. This enabled the establishment of the secretariat, recruitment of further signatories and creation of workstreams required in order to support signatories to achieve their deep decarbonization objectives. Specific progress made in 2016 includes: | ||
+ | - A total of 136 jurisdictions have signed or endorsed the Under 2 MOU since May 2015. The Coalition now represents 30% of the global economy, $22 trillion in GDP and 832 million people. More signatories are expected to join before the end of 2016. | ||
+ | - The first sub-national Clean Energy Ministerial was held in San Francisco in June 2016 alongside CEM7. This brought together signatories to the Under 2 MOU to share learnings on subnational clean energy policy and participate in a dedicated workshop on long-term pathways planning. | ||
+ | - 37 state and regional government signatories to the Under2 MOU have started reporting to the Compact of States and Regions. | ||
+ | - A dedicated workshop was held for Under 2 signatories alongside Climate Week NYC on policy learning for energy efficiency. | ||
+ | - Research on MRV support and guidelines for state and regional governments has commenced including analysis of reporting protocols and methodologies. | ||
+ | |Tracking adaptation progress (quantitative)=We do not have data available regarding adaptation progress to date. Data should be available in 2017. | ||
+ | |Tracking mitigation progress (quantitative)=We do not have data available regarding progress to date. Data should be available in 2017. | ||
+ | |Available reporting=Each signatory’s individual objectives in order to reach the Coalition’s common target are described in their Appendix to the Under 2 MOU (Memorandum of Understanding). The appendices are available online: http://under2mou.org/founding-signatories/. | ||
+ | By signing the Under 2 MOU, signatories commit to start working towards consistent monitoring, reporting and verification of their GHG emissions. Jurisdictions are also incentivised to annually disclose their climate targets and progress. The Compact of States and Regions, the global benchmark for transparency and accountability on climate change mitigation, is one of the mechanism that makes this possible. Disclosed commitments will also be featured on the Non-state Actor Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA) platform (http://climateaction.unfccc.int/), the online tool developed by the United Nations with the governments of France and Peru for COP21. | ||
+ | The 2016 Compact of States and Regions Disclosure Report will be publicly available at the end of 2016, and will reflect on the level of ambition and assess progress towards achieving governments’ climate commitments. | ||
+ | https://www.theclimategroup.org/Compact | ||
+ | |One or two success stories achieved=• Pathways development in several US states is underway. | ||
+ | • 2016 saw strong recruitment of several states and regions in developing countries, which has greatly broadened the scope of the Under 2 Coalition, with presence on all 6 continents (32 countries). | ||
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+ | |How to join your initiative=Information on how to join is available here: http://under2mou.org/join/ | ||
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Revision as of 13:49, 24 October 2016
General
Name of initiative | Under 2 MOU |
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LPAA initiative | Yes |
NAZCA Initiative | Yes |
Website address | http://under2mou.org |
Related initiatives | |
Starting year | 2015 |
End year | |
Secretariat | Libby Ferguson, States & Regions Director, The Climate Group, 2nd Floor, Riverside Building, County Hall, Belvedere Rd, London, SE1 7PB, United Kingdom, +44 (0)20 7960 2970, E-mail: lferguson@theclimategroup.org |
Organisational structure | |
Geographical coverage | Global |
Name of lead organisation | The Climate Group |
Type of lead organisation | Local government |
Location/Nationality of lead organisation | United States of America |
Description
Description | Subnational governments are partnering to advance a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Subnational Global Climate Leadership. This agreement identifies action being taken by jurisdictions around the world. This MOU will not introduce new legal constraints on participating jurisdictions but will demonstrate clear and lasting commitment to reduce emissions in the decades to come. |
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Objectives | The Under 2 MOU brings together ambitious states and regions willing to make a number of key commitments towards emissions reduction and to help galvanize action at COP 21. Central to the agreement is that all signatories agree to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions 80 to 95%, or limit to 2 metric tons CO2-equivalent per capita, by 2050. |
Activities | Under 2 MOU is in line with scientifically established emissions levels necessary to limit global warming below 2 degrees Celsius; offers an opportunity for states, regions, and cities to share ideas and best practices on how to reduce GHGs and promote renewable energy; provides a model for other subnationals to join; builds momentum and collaboration ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris and encourages greater national ambition at those negotiations; brings international attention to the actions and ambitious reduction goals of climate leaders at a subnational level around the globe; demonstrates the collective impact of these actions and commitments across states, regions, cities, and countries; and highlights the diversity of approaches to reducing emissions. |
One or two success stories achieved | • Pathways development in several US states is underway.
• 2016 saw strong recruitment of several states and regions in developing countries, which has greatly broadened the scope of the Under 2 Coalition, with presence on all 6 continents (32 countries). |
Monitoring and Impacts
Function of initiative | Implementation |
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Activity of initiative | Goal setting (ex-ante) |
Indicators | |
Goals | |
Comments on indicators and goals | |
How will goals be achieved | |
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals | |
Progress towards the goals | The Climate Group was selected as the Under 2 Coalition’s official secretariat at COP21 and secured funding to establish the first phase of the Under 2 Coalition. This enabled the establishment of the secretariat, recruitment of further signatories and creation of workstreams required in order to support signatories to achieve their deep decarbonization objectives. Specific progress made in 2016 includes:
- A total of 136 jurisdictions have signed or endorsed the Under 2 MOU since May 2015. The Coalition now represents 30% of the global economy, $22 trillion in GDP and 832 million people. More signatories are expected to join before the end of 2016. - The first sub-national Clean Energy Ministerial was held in San Francisco in June 2016 alongside CEM7. This brought together signatories to the Under 2 MOU to share learnings on subnational clean energy policy and participate in a dedicated workshop on long-term pathways planning. - 37 state and regional government signatories to the Under2 MOU have started reporting to the Compact of States and Regions. - A dedicated workshop was held for Under 2 signatories alongside Climate Week NYC on policy learning for energy efficiency. - Research on MRV support and guidelines for state and regional governments has commenced including analysis of reporting protocols and methodologies. |
How are you tracking progress of your initiative | Signatories to the Under 2 MOU are invited to report their GHG emissions and climate actions to the Compact of States and Regions.
The Compact showcases individual and collective GHG reduction targets made by sub-national governments around the world. Each year, an assessment of progress toward those commitments takes place through the disclosure of GHG inventory data. The Compact commitments are also included in the Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA) platform (http://climateaction.unfccc.int/), the online tool developed by the United Nations with the governments of France and Peru for COP21. https://www.theclimategroup.org/Compact |
Available reporting | Each signatory’s individual objectives in order to reach the Coalition’s common target are described in their Appendix to the Under 2 MOU (Memorandum of Understanding). The appendices are available online: http://under2mou.org/founding-signatories/.
By signing the Under 2 MOU, signatories commit to start working towards consistent monitoring, reporting and verification of their GHG emissions. Jurisdictions are also incentivised to annually disclose their climate targets and progress. The Compact of States and Regions, the global benchmark for transparency and accountability on climate change mitigation, is one of the mechanism that makes this possible. Disclosed commitments will also be featured on the Non-state Actor Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA) platform (http://climateaction.unfccc.int/), the online tool developed by the United Nations with the governments of France and Peru for COP21. The 2016 Compact of States and Regions Disclosure Report will be publicly available at the end of 2016, and will reflect on the level of ambition and assess progress towards achieving governments’ climate commitments. https://www.theclimategroup.org/Compact |
Participants
Participants | Number | Names |
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Members | 0 | |
Companies | 0 | |
Business organisations | 0 | |
Research and educational organisations | 0 | |
Non-governmental organisations | 0 | |
National states | 0 | |
Governmental actors | 0 | |
Regional / state / county actors | 0 | |
City / municipal actors | 0 | |
Intergovernmental organisations | 0 | |
Financial Institutions | 0 | |
Faith based organisations | 0 | |
Other members | 0 | |
Supporting partners | 0 | |
Number of members in the years | | |
Have only national states as participators |
Theme
Transport | Agriculture | Forestry | Business | Financial institutions | Buildings | Industry | Waste | Cities and subnational governments | Short Term Pollutants | International maritime transport | Energy Supply | Fluorinated gases | Energy efficiency | Renewable energy | Supply chain emission reductions | Adaptation | Other | Resilience | Innovation | Energy Access and Efficiency | Private Finance |
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No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Not only have national states as participators