The Climate Champions, supported by the Expert Peer Review Group, are committed to annually reviewing Race to Zero’s minimum criteria in order to continue driving upward convergence towards best practice in the field of climate action and to accelerate the transition to a zero carbon world, halving emissions within this decade.
The Criteria Consultation Process is now well underway, and over 150 independent across different sectors and geographies gathered for eight weeks between February and April to discuss critical topics and help strengthen and clarify the Race to Zero starting line criteria, leadership principles, interpretation guide and lexicon.
For more information on the working group component and the topics covered, please visit here:
https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/launch-of-final-stage-of-2022-race-to-zero-criteria-consultation-process/*WRITTEN FEEDBACK PROCESS*
The High-Level Climate Champions, the UNFCCC and the Expert Peer Review Group would like to ensure that the criteria consultation process be as transparent and as public as possible, welcoming a wide array of expert feedback. Now that the Working Group meetings have concluded, the Climate Champions would like to welcome written feedback from individuals who were not able to contribute to the working group.
This technical written feedback process is designed to build on the hard work, discussions and suggestions of the working groups, rather than start from scratch.
The questions have therefore been written to complement the working group discussions. Respondents are asked to kindly refer to the working group discussion summaries and their responses to the template questions before answering the written feedback questions.
You can find the summaries of these working group suggestions here:
https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/launch-of-final-stage-of-2022-race-to-zero-criteria-consultation-process/*REMINDER OF THE TOPICS*
1. Net zero finance and disclosure of climate-related risks
2. Nature, land use & deforestation
3. Offsetting, Carbon removals and responsible communication of claims
4. Fair share, Equity & Justice
5. Fossil Fuel transition & non-CO2 gases
6. Policy, Advocacy & Engagement
7. Transition Plans & Immediate Action
8. Scope 3, boundaries & historical emissions
All contributions will then be reviewed by the Expert Peer Review Group, who will submit their recommendations for the Climate Champions' final approval.
You may submit responses in any UN language.
