United Cities

#Listen2Cities at #COP31

As Special Envoy of the COP31 Presidency for Local and Regional Governments and UCLG President, Uğur İbrahim Altay provides a bridge for dialogue between the Presidency and the organised constituency of cities and regions, through the Global Taskforce and LGMA.

🗣️ “Today, our ultimate goal is to move beyond words and focus on action, moving beyond short-term efforts towards lasting cooperation.

I invite all my colleagues to join forces for cities that protect land and water.”

As facilitator of the Global Taskforce, UCLG strongly supports the decades-long advocacy of the LGMA Constituency has done on its behalf, for a stronger role for local and regional governments in the UNFCCC process.

We look to #COP31 as a moment that translates that collective advocacy into concrete commitments, stronger multilevel cooperation and lasting opportunities for local and regional governments to shape climate action.

📍 #COP31Antalya | Inauguration of the Konya Pavilion

Bringing culture and climate action together, @KonyaInt is showcasing its local commitments on the first day of @turkiyecop31: from cleaner public transport and sustainable food systems to water management.

🌱 A strong reminder that climate action takes shape through the everyday services and decisions that shape people's lives.

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📍#COP31Antalya | Towards a new Climate Action: Taking stock locally in the era of global implementation

Our SG @UCLG_Saiz moderates the segment "Taking Stock Locally on the Road to the Second Global Stocktake"

🌐 #LocalGovs are taking stock of what they are delivering through public services, who is benefiting and whose needs remain unmet. Through the @GlobalTaskforce, they are bringing their collective experience to the global climate agenda, identifying the outcomes, barriers and changes in powers, resources and cooperation needed to accelerate implementation and ensure the next phase of climate action responds to realities on the ground.

📍#Listen2Cities @turkiyecop31

@UCLG_President and COP31 Special Envoy on Local and Regional Governments, opens the High-Level Opening Session of the @globaltaskforce.

"Building on the mandate adopted at the UCLG World Congress in Tangier, we call for a new generation of universal local public services. Climate action must be measured by how people access essential services and how our institutions protect communities.

We will bring the shared priorities of local and regional governments to our exchanges with the COP31 Presidency, while ensuring that the perspectives of national governments are also heard across our networks.

Local and regional governments must be part of climate decision-making through permanent institutional arrangements, not isolated consultations."

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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."