UN Global Climate Action
10 November 2022
High-Level Champions' Newsletter
Special Edition for COP 27 - Science and Youth and Future Generations Day -
Today’s Key Announcements

New Race to Resilience Data Explorer: The campaign launches a dashboard to track the progress of adaptation implementation. This comes alongside an update to the metrics framework launched in 2021. The framework is the cornerstone of the Race to Resilience campaign, tracking progress across different project types and identifying opportunities for adaptation solutions. 

Race To Resilience partners have pledged to increase resilience for 2.9 billion individuals, 264 regions and 559 cities worldwide with resilience-building actions up to 2030. It currently has 36 partners, operating in 175 Countries with 2029 members.


Race to Resilience launches the Insurance Adaptation Acceleration Campaign in an effort to mobilise 3,000 insurance companies (equal to 50% of the market) by COP28. The new campaign is part of the Race to Resilience and will accelerate implementation against one of the Outcomes of the Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda. The objective is to scale the industry’s ability to advance meaningful climate risk reduction, and to jointly pursue the innovative public-private partnerships that reflect a shared mission of protecting vulnerable populations from the physical ravages of climate change.

Race to Resilience partner, Global Mangrove Alliance (GMA), in collaboration with the UN Climate Change High-level Champions, has identified the need for a unified global approach towards mangrove restoration and conservation. Together they are calling for signatories to the “Mangrove Breakthrough” which supports the Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda in recognition of the need to secure the future of 15 million hectares of mangroves globally by 2030.

New Race to Resilience members signatories: signatories to the Cities Race to Resilience have more than doubled since 2021, commiting to clear, evidence-based climate actions for accelerating adaptation and resilience.

Global biopharma company, GSK, joins the Race to Resilience via the Water Resilience Coalition with a pledge to support at least 15 million people in vulnerable communities to become more resilient to the health impacts of climate change by 2030. GSK is the first healthcare company to join the campaign designed by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions to drive global ambition to create a world where nature and vulnerable communities don’t just survive climate shocks and stresses, but thrive despite them.

Publication of the Regions Adapt on progress. Regions Adapt is a partner initiative of the Race to Resilience, which brings together leading states and regions on climate change adaptation to foster collaboration as well as learning and capacity building. The initiative includes 70 signatory members impacting over 300 million citizens.  

The Clean Cooking Alliance and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) will today highlight the work they and partners have done to support national governments in achieving their climate goals through clean cooking and the next steps for this initiative. This will be showcased at an event at the US Center (17:30-18:30) by the US EPA Administrator Michael Regan.
Global Climate Action Events

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Marrakech Partnership Resilience Action Event - Sharm el Sheikh Adaptation Agenda: The Opportunity to Accelerate System Transformation for Resilience
Location: Action Room 1 (Ibis)
Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Marrakech Partnership Implementation Lab - The Sharm el Sheikh Adaptation Agenda and the Race to Resilience
Location: Action Room 1 (Ibis)
Time: 12:30 - 14:00

Climate resilience in the built environment: adapting to a changing climate
Location: Buildings Pavilion
Time: 13:30 - 16:15

Marrakech Partnership Implementation Lab - Waste Management
Location: Action Room 1 (Ibis)
Time: 14:30 - 16:00

Climate transition-related data: Improving quality and accessibility
Location: UN Climate Change Pavilion
Time: 15:30 – 17:00

Youth demand quality climate education: ministerial session on climate education
Location: Action Room 2 (Lotus)
Time: 16:00 - 17:30

Future Labs - Healthy people, Healthy Planet: Transforming the healthcare sector
Location: Action Room 1 (Ibis)
Time: 16:30 - 18:00

Robust and accelerated climate action in non-State Actors: Race to Resilience
Location: Resilience Hub
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
In Case You Missed It ...


2030 Adaptation Outcomes for Adaptation & Resilience Finance, key part of the Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda
Recognising the systems-level transformations required to respond to local climate contexts, needs and risks, the Climate Champions team co-created technical reports that detail the adaptation actions required to protect vulnerable communities to rising climate hazards. Read the first report on Finance here.

A report compiled from key insights on what it will take to convert financial assets into flows derived from a series of Regional Finance forums was launched by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions. Overall, over 450 projects, programs, funds, and enterprises requiring approximately USD 600 billion in financing were identified from various sources in the run-up to, during and after the forums. 

Did you know, African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) produce over half of calories and over 80% of animal-source foods, fruits and vegetables, while processing or handling about 65% of food in later stages of the value chain? In fact, they are the key drivers of food supply, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable people. To support this, Incofin introduced a financing fund that enables SMEs to invest in their businesses and increase access to nutritious foods through wider distribution and improved availability, as well as reduced environmental impact through decreased food losses.


A new report by the Maritime Just Transition Task Force outlines three decarbonization scenarios to provide insights into seafarer training and skills needed to support a decarbonized shipping industry. Martha Selwyn, United Nations Global Compact, explains what is at stake and what the shift requires.
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