Subnational Leaders Adopt Bonn-Fiji Commitment on Climate Action
- The Bonn-Fiji Commitment aims to advance
sustainable urban development as a critical component of climate action and the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, specifically SDG 11.
- UN Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos
said a new framework of cooperation among national, regional and local
governments is required.
- 12 November 2017: Signaling the
growing importance of subnational actors in the climate process, hundreds of
local and regional leaders adopted the ‘Bonn-Fiji Commitment of Local and
Regional Leaders to Deliver the Paris Agreement At All Levels.’ The
Bonn-Fiji Commitment highlights the critical role that local and regional
governments play in enacting programmes to combat climate change and implement
the Paris Agreement on climate change.
- Cities, states and regions are “laboratories
of reform, engines of innovation and where the action is,” said
Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California.
- The Bonn-Fiji Commitment aims to advance
sustainable urban development as a critical component of climate action and the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, specifically SDG 11 (sustainable
cities and communities). It describes commitments, ambitions and
actions of local and regional government, such as implementing the Paris
Agreement in local jurisdictions, and enhancing engagement of local authorities
in the UNFCCC negotiating process.
- The
Bonn-Fiji Commitment also details 19 initiatives undertaken by local and
regional leaders, including: the newly created Global Covenant of
Mayors for Climate and Energy; the Urban Leadership Council to build high-level
political commitment to sustainable urban development; the African Sub-national
Climate Fund to bridge the gap between infrastructure demands and the low
number of bankable projects reaching investors; the Front-Line Cities and
Islands, a coalition of coastal cities and islands on the front lines of
climate change; the City Climate Planner programme to raise the global talent
base of city climate planning professionals; the Covenant of Mayors in
Sub-Saharan Africa; the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative to support the
construction and expansion of sustainable mobility systems in developing and
newly industrialized countries; and the Climate Reporting Partnership to build
a robust database of self-reported climate commitments, actions and performance
tracking
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