2025 in action: cities and nations driving climate progress together
The year 2025 marked a global shift from climate ambition to coordinated action across national and local governments. In 2025,...
From commitment to reality: how Chinese cities are delivering on climate goals
As COP30 underscores the urgent need for accelerated and collaborative climate action, the focus shifts to where delivery is already...
COP30 fell short
Despite a positive agenda put forward by President Lula, the ‘COP of Implementation’ and the ‘COP of Truth’ ultimately missed...
COP30 needed to innovate for implementation – it fell short
The final mutirão decision of the COP30 negotiations falls short on several of its original goals. Despite a positive agenda...
COP30: cities prove what’s possible when action meets implementation
A new joint assessment from GCoM and C40 Cities reveals strong and accelerating growth in local climate implementation across CHAMP-endorsing...
The ‘COP of implementation’ must recognise cities as partners
C40 calls for cities to be formally recognised as essential partners for multilevel cooperation – so they can continue to...