2050 Pathways Platform

MaxiMiseR Event: Plan it right: fighting climate change through 2050 strategies
2018-05-23 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Richard Baron: There are no secrets. The long terms strategies need to be participatory and inclusive and to step out to the forefront.

UNFCCC: Mid-century, long-term low-GHG emission development strategies
2018-05-03 08:00 - 17:00
WRI Long-Term Climate Strategies website launch event at the Bonn climate talks in May.

There were representatives from Canada, Lebanon, Mexico, South Africa and UK as well as our advisory committee: UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), NDC Partnership, 2050 Pathways Platform and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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First Annual Meeting
2018-04-24 08:00 - 17:00
Date: 24-25 April 2018Location: Paris, France

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The 2050 Pathways Platform held its first Annual Meeting on 24-25 April 2018 in Paris. The meeting was an opportunity for Platform countries, regions, cities, partners and observers to exchange on various aspects of the development of long-term pathways, and to reiterate the importance of long-term planning in raising climate ambition.

The Annual Meeting took place in the context of increased international momentum around long-term pathways. The participants brought forward their experience and questions on the pathways process including participants from regions, cities and business, reporting encouraging progress from their members, thus creating space for enhanced ambition at the country level. Participants encouraged the Platform Secretariat to support technical assistance and peer-to-peer exchange on long-term strategies, and to foster the alignment of development bank activities with Paris Agreement-compatible long-term plans. They also suggested to build on Platform’s 2050 pathways Handbook and to synthesize lessons on pathway processes and stakeholders’ engagement.

The meeting successfully created a unique community of practice on long-term pathways, addressing essential elements of their development: process and institutions; how strategies trigger near-term actions; the perspective of development banks; the integration of efforts by non-state actors in national ambition. A high-level round table organized in collaboration with the French Ministry for an Ecological and Inclusive Transition brought together ministers and representatives of seven EU countries who called for a more ambitious long-term strategy in the EU (see press release).

With its joint objectives of being a hub for discussions on ambitious long-term strategies under the Paris Agreement and providing targeted support for their elaboration, the 2050 Pathways Platform secretariat will build on experience from members to assist countries and other members in the pursuit of ambitious, robust and inclusive long-term strategies.

Attachments:

Opening remarks – Laurence Tubiana – R. Baron

Session 2 – Experiences from members :

Sweden.pdfParis.pdfRepublic of Marshall Islands.pdf

Session 3 – Pathways to Policies :

AFD.pdfLEDS GP.pdfUK.pdfWorld Bank.pdf

Session 4 – Integrating Socio Economic Development Priorities:

CSTEP.pdfEnergy Foundation China.pdf

Session 5 – Vertical Collaboration :

C40 – Cities.pdfIndonesia.pdfUnder2 – Regions.pdfWe Mean Business – Business.pdf

Session 6

High-Level Roundtable on EU Climate Ambition

China’s Mid-century Strategy for Climate Mitigation: Framing and Methodologies.
2018-03-27 08:00 - 17:00
The long-term decarbonisation of economies represents a formidable challenge, as it implies transformations in infrastructures, technologies, business models as well as institutions and regulations. Its feasibility also hinges on successful transitions of the work force and communities around activities unsettled by ambitious climate mitigation policy.

For China, the first global emitter of greenhouse gases and a rapidly growing economy, long-term decarbonisation implies many uncertainties, challenges and opportunities. Important policy decisions (the shift from an export-oriented to a domestic-consumption growth model, the development of the One Belt One Road project), ‘mega-trends’ (an ageing population, rapid urbanisation, digitisation…) and local environmental factors (severe air and water quality problems), among others, stand to influence the needed shift to a low-carbon development model. In reverse, the mid-century strategy to decarbonise the country has to be seen in the context of its broader economic challenges, and as a part to their solution. The 19th Party Congress has reiterated the goal of an ecological society, echoing the country’s support to international climate action and the Paris Agreement.

The purpose of this workshop was to explore the important aspects of the transition to a low-carbon economy in China, and in particular how economic analysis can shed light on the interaction between these multiple factors and how they can combine to support the transition.

Launch of IDB’s “Deep Decarbonisation Pathways – Latin-America and the Caribbean
2018-02-09 08:00 - 17:00
Richard Baron, Executive Director of the 2050 Pathways Platform, participated in the launch of the Inter-american Development Bank project “Deep Decarbonisation Pathways – Latin-America and the Caribbean” in Bogota, Colombia, on 8-9 February.

The DDP-LAC project builds capacity in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador on long-term climate policy scenarios through a network of regional and international experts. Peru is soon to join DDP-LAC, with support provided by the 2050 Pathways Platform.
