Contributing to Race to Zero progress reports
On 21st September, the Pivot Point Report was launched alongside the Race to Zero and Race to Resilience Progress Report. These reports are a product of radical collaboration, with 40+ organisations working on accelerating non-state actor climate action in support of the Paris Agreement, coming together to share findings, insights and perspectives.
Positive Impact has contributed as one of 18 Race to Zero Accelerators and we are referenced on p.33 of the progress report.
The reports present an overview of the current landscape across the voluntary climate leadership initiatives, and emerging standards and regulations, and offer insights on how to dramatically accelerate from voluntary action to the adequate standards, policies and regulations needed to deliver climate action at scale and achieve the mitigation goal of the Paris Agreement - recognising the different circumstances, capacities and needs of different countries. They explore some appropriate enabling environments and outline the wide array of tools available, and highlight key questions to address hereon, providing a thought-piece for dialogue and consideration.
Most importantly, they actively call - indeed urge - non-state actors to:
(a) join the Race to Zero;
(b) dramatically ratchet their policy engagement in line with this report; and
(c) help inform, shape and drive the needed standards, legislation and regulation to get the world back on track to a 1.5C-aligned pathway to achieve a resilient, just net zero world.
