MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARIAT
Dear partners and colleagues,
The last year has been a difficult one. COVID-19 has meant new ways of working and interacting with each other. The pandemic is impacting lives and economies around the world. It has also shown us that solidarity, making decisions based on science, and cooperation and coordination at all levels of government and community is necessary to overcome big problems.
As we adopt our 2030 Strategy, unprecedented economic recovery and stimulus programs are being designed or implemented across the globe. These must contribute to, and increase our efforts, to reduce or eliminate emissions of methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone and HFCs. We can do this by building on our vibrant partnership, experts, and initiatives.
Helena Molin Valdes
Head of the Climate & Clean Air Coalition Secretariat
News highlights
CCAC Annual Report 2019-2020: Co-Chairs' Message
The Coalition's Co-Chairs, Janine Kuriger (Switzerland) and Peter Dery (Ghana), reflect on the successes in a challenging year, and the opportunities for the future.
The Working Group met to discuss the Coalition's 2030 strategy and transition plan, key science findings from 2020, and opportunities for addressing SLCPs as part of the COVID-19 recovery.
Oil and Gas Industry commits to new framework to monitor, report and reduce methane emissions
In order to support the realization of global climate targets, OGMP 2.0 aims to deliver a 45% reduction in the industry’s methane emissions by 2025, and a 60-75% reduction by 2030.
The Case for Action on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
Drew Shindell, a coordinating lead author on two IPCC reports and the chair of the CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel, explains why short-lived climate pollutants will save lives, money, and spur a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reducing Air Pollution and Climate Change, Brick by Brick
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is supporting changes in Colombia’s brick kiln sector, which could help change artisanal brick industries and black carbon emissions around the world.
The Planet’s Health and Human Health are Inextricably Linked—Action to Protect Them Must Be Too.
For years, the CCAC has championed the message that acting on the climate and clean air won’t just help global warming, it will also have an immense impact on public health. That message is catching on.
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Further reading
Tiny air pollution rise linked to 11% more Covid-19 deaths – study
The Guardian
Cutting Greenhouse Gases From Food Production Is Urgent, Scientists Say
The New York Times
Interview: Helena Molin Valdés, head of the United Nations Climate & Clean Air Coalition
Air Quality News
As Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry Will Be No Stranger to International Climate Negotiations
Inside Climate News
Virtual events
- Launch the Gender and Energy Innovation Facility in Tanzania
2 December - Financing Off-Grid Solar Energy Access: Hypotheses on COVID-19 Long Term Impacts
3 December - High-Level Roundtable: Enhancing NDCs Through Action on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
9 December - High Level Working Group meeting to adopt the 2030 Strategy
16 December
Resources
Over the next decade the world must make significant progress to slow the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, and address the poverty and inequality that threatens the most vulnerable. Humanity...
The Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) methodology was created by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition in 2014 as a voluntary initiative to help companies reduce methane emissions in the...
The first part of the event features the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) work that promotes ambitious and directed inclusion of agriculture and food systems in enhanced NDCs...
In spite of the hurdles this challenging year brought, the Coalition achieved impressive results and continued to strengthen our foundational work to slow climate change, abate air pollution and...
Funds, grants & awards
KLIK Call for Proposals of Activities to Supply ITMOs
Government Agencies may submit their proposals as Mitigation Activity Idea Notes (“MAIN”) outside of competitive tender processes for private organisations. Deadline: January 2021
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MECS Challenge Fund
The MECS Challenge fund provides early-stage research funding to stimulate innovations in modern energy cooking technology and systems and support the advancement of technology-based cooking energy products, processes and services in low-income countries.
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