Global Taskforce

📍 From COP to 2030 and Beyond: Local and Regional Governments Building the Future of Climate Governance 🌐 At the @GlobalTaskforce Pavilion, the session led by @CCRECEMR explores how LRGs can help bridge the gap between global commitments and local action, while contributing to a more effective and inclusive system of climate governance beyond 2030. #Listen2Cities at #COP31Antalya

UCLG Vice President @SalaCarola: “The #SDGs are a common language to talk to each other. It’s a question about the everyday life of our citizens, making climate change part of local service provision.” 🌐 #Listen2Cities at @turkiyecop31

@ahmetakin, Mayor of @TC_Balikesir: “Climate justice is key: not only among nations but only between cities as inequalities of opportunities should need to be redressed. For this, international and national financial and technical assistance mechanisms should be more accessible and diversified.” 🌐 #Listen2Cities at @turkiyecop31

📌 @turkiyecop31 Session on International Cooperation for Local Climate Action & 2030 Agenda Mr. Ahmet Aras, Mayor of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality: 💬 “Shared knowledge is the way to progress and foster international cooperation on climate change. Access to finance is also key as #LRGs are key implementers. When municipalities are actively involved, we enact tangible change in people’s everyday lives.”

📍International Cooperation for Local Climate Action and the 2030 Agenda @AisenNikolaev, Head of the Sakha Republic & Co-President of @uclg_org: 💬 “Adaptation begins with data, but planning without acknowledging certain conditions is not effective. New monitoring systems and engineering systems are being implemented, but climate change remains relevant at the local level.” 🌐 #Listen2Cities at @turkiyecop31

🌐 #Listen2Cities at @turkiyecop31 🗣️ @UCLG_President opens the session on "International Cooperation for Local Climate Action and the 2030 Agenda", led by UCLG and @KonyaInt 💬 "The 2030 Agenda reminds us that sustainable development is interconnected. The six transitions identified by the United Nations to accelerate progress towards the #SDGs: covering food systems, energy, digital connectivity, education, jobs and social protection, and climate, biodiversity and pollution, are all closely connected to the responsibilities of local and regional governments. Let us use the strength of our networks to build cooperation that continues beyond #COP31, advances the 2030 Agenda and strengthens the public services our communities depend on."

🌐#Listen2Cities at @turkiyecop31 📍Developing Climate Action Plans at the Local Level, led by @uclg_org and @KonyaInt 🗣️@UCLG_President "As mayors, we should be able to explain to our councils and communities which measures are funded, which projects are under way, what results have been achieved and where we need to change our approach. This is also how local climate action can contribute to the second Global Stocktake. Our plans and our experience can provide evidence of what local governments have committed to, what they have been able to finance and what they have actually delivered. Networks such as UCLG and @ICLEI, together with partners including the @Mayors4Climate , and mechanisms such as CHAMP can be essential to guarantee delivery"

🌍#Listen2Cities In the framework of @turkiyecop31, @UCLG_President, COP31 Special Envoy on local and regional governments opens the session on the Coalition for High Ambition Multilateral Partnerships (CHAMP) at the @GlobalTaskforce Pavilion: "Through #CHAMP, we have an opportunity to move beyond declarations and establish lasting cooperation between national and local governments. As per the recommendations put forward by my colleagues of the CHAMP Subnational Advisory Council, local and regional governments must be involved from the outset, when national climate policies are designed and planned for financing, rather than consulted only once decisions have already been made." This is about ensuring that public policies reflect the needs, priorities and overall, the people they serve."

📍@UNEP 12th Annual Subcommittee meeting At the Official Opening, we delivered a statement on behalf of the Local Authorities Major Group, putting forward 10 concrete proposals for stronger local pathways. 🌍 Regional priorities require multilevel governance. And UNEP’s impact must be measured where people live and work. Let’s move from consultation to co-creation, from participation to partnership, and from recognition to institutionalized multilevel governance.

🟢 #Listen2Cities at #COP17 🌐”As mayors we turn international decisions into concrete local action. As President of UCLG, I consider strengthening the power of our networks on the international arena and moving from short term action to long lasting international efforts. 🏙️🌳I invite you to join forces for cities to thrive in harmony with nature.” 💬 @u_ibrahim_altay, President of UCLG and Mayor of @KonyaInt #UNCCDCOP17

🟢 #Listen2Cities at #COP17 “🏛️Participation must go beyond access. #LRGs should not simply be beneficiaries or implementers of an agenda designed elsewhere. They need to be partners in shaping it. 🌐This is also why the @GlobalTaskforce is important: it allows our constituency to bring together experiences and priorities from cities and regions across the world and bring them collectively into global policy processes such as the @UNCCD and the RAA.” @UCLGAfrica President Oumar Ba at today’s flagship event co-hosted by Riyadh Action Agenda at #UNCCDCOP17

🟢#Listen2Cities at #UNCCDCOP17 "Pour des politiques durables sur la désertification, il faut mettre un terme aux politiques en sillo et que les politiques nationales s'appuient sur les collectivités locales pour la définition et la mise en oeuvre." 💬 André Viola @andreviola11, Member of the Aude Departmental Assembly and UCLG Special Envoy on Water @Conseil #COP17Mongolia #COP17

🟢 #Listen2Cities at #COP17 “🌲Land is at the center of our livelihoods, but land is beyond urban–land is also rural. 🌐#UNCCDCOP17 Mayors’ Forum is the center of the discussion because cities collect our people and are where our future grows. This Forum needs to show the world that UNCCD starts politically from the ground up. 🖋️There is understanding of responsibility at the local level, and that what is discussed on paper will also go down to the vulnerable people we are serving on the ground.” 💬 Ms. Yasmine Fouad, @UNCCD Executive Secretary 📷: Kiara Worth/UNFCC/Abos Africa

🟢 #Listen2Cities at #COP17 🌐During the closing session of today’s #UNCCDCOP17 Mayors’ Forum, local leaders from across the globe explored future directions for cooperation. 🏛️By advocating for a stronger role of #LRGs in the international policy process, local and regional governments continue to combat desertification together. #COP17Mongolia