The Green Zone of the event can attract top talent to the is the centre of the ‘Action Agenda’ – the industry, helping us build a skilled workforce collective action from the private sector, committed to the energy transition.” local governments, unions, investors, NGOs and individuals. [...] individuals are selected by the current and the incoming COP Presidents, with the As noted above, a meaningful partnership mandate to enhance ambition, strengthen between Australia and Pacific will require the engagement of non-State actors, and Australia to approach the Pacific as an help deliver the goals of the Paris Agreement. [...] This has declaration in 2018, they declared that changed the dynamic of a region that has climate change is “the single greatest threat – notwithstanding Pacific concerns about to the livelihoods, security and well-being decolonisation and the legacy of nuclear of the peoples of the Pacific”. [...] Pacific leaders have repeatedly identified climate change as the “single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and wellbeing of the peoples of the Pacific.” Hosting COP31 in partnership with Pacific Already a group of former Pacific Island island countries will strengthen Australia’s presidents and prime ministers are calling place in the region as a security partner on the Australian Gover. [...] Pacific island countries have played a key role in In 1990, Pacific island countries formed a negotiations on carbon markets (Article 6 of diplomatic alliance with other island nations the Paris Agreement) and the creation of a in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean – the new fund to address loss and damage from Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) – climate change.
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Table of Contents
- Foreword: Annastacia Palaszczuk 4
- Key findings 6
- 1. Introduction 10
- 2. Why the United Nations climate talks matter 12
- Australia’s bid to host the 2026 United Nations climate summit has strong international support 14
- Australia’s bid has widespread support at home 17
- What to expect at the climate conference: Negotiations (the Blue Zone) 19
- What to expect at the climate conference: The Action Agenda (the Green Zone) 20
- Appointing Australia’s Climate Champions 21
- Reinforcing global commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement 22
- 3. Forging a genuine partnership with the Blue Pacific 26
- Securing Australia’s place as the security partner of choice in the Pacific 27
- Pacific island countries have shaped global climate action 30
- Building a Resilient and Fossil Fuel Free Pacific 31
- Leading the global shift away from fossil fuels 32
- A timeline of Pacific climate leadership on the world stage 33
- 4. Economic opportunities in Asia and beyond 36
- The global shift to clean energy has reshaped trading in Asia 37
- Building new clean energy supply chains 40
- Delivering an ambitious ‘breakthrough agenda’ 42
- 5. Elevating First Nations voices 48
- Advancing First Nations’ rights and priorities under the Paris Agreement 49
- Improving how governments engage with First Nations peoples on climate policy 49
- Supporting First Nations-led organisations in the lead-up to the global climate summit 50
- 6. Benefits for the host city 51
- Direct economic benefits for the host city 54
- Events around Australia 55
- Events in the Pacific 56
- 7. Conclusion 57
- References 58
- Image credits 62
