Messages for COP21 September 2015 Ania Drazkiewicz

Guiding principles 1.Decision makers as primary audience 2.What are the others saying? 1.EU decision makers 2.Our network and allies 3.Lessons learnt from Copenhagen

Framing COP21 The Paris climate summit must deliver an ambitious agreement, which will help us tackle climate change before it spins out of control and threatens our survival. It must help speed up the ongoing transition from fossil fuels to 100% renewables by 2050 and ensure that our societies are fit to deal with the current and future impacts of climate change. An agreement that will drive the transition of our economy away from fossil fuels will also bring prosperity, jobs and better public health.

Phrases to avoid 1.„the next major make-or-break moment for the movement against global warming” 2.„humanity's last chance to avert the catastrophic effects of global warming” 3.„the biggest, potentially most historic gathering of global climate and environment leaders in human history” 4.„a binding agreement that will limit the increase in the world’s temperature to no more than 2°C”

1. Long term goal The EU needs to advocate for phasing out global emissions and phasing in 100% renewables by 2050 – to keep open a reasonable possibility of limiting climate change to no more than 1.5°C, in line with what vulnarable countries call for – to provide a strong signal for all companies and investors to shift investments and financial flows from fossil fuels to renewables; to give businesses investment certainty and thus unlock their climate ambition

2. Review of INDCs The EU needs to advocate for a robust review mechanism that will allow to strengthen all current, inadequate INDCs at latest by – to avoid locking in current, weak targets that take us to a devastating 2.7°C of warming – to regularly increase ambition in line with most recent scientific evidence – to ensure comparability and political pressure created by successive negotiating rounds within the UNFCCC process – not to delay the co-benefits of the energy transition

3. Pre-2020 mitigation The EU needs to make a significant contribution to closing the pre-2020 ‘ambition gap’ – to close the gap between what’s needed to stay below 2°C and what countries have pledged to do – to use a unique chance to narrow the ambition gap (the EU has already in 2014 surpassed its 2020 climate target by 3% and this surplus cannot be transfered to the period after 2020 and thus dilute its 2030 target) – to reap the benefits of a phase out fossil fuel subsidies, ending the use of coal, implementation of existing legislation on energy efficiency and renewable energy

4. Pre-2020 finance The EU, along with other developed countries, needs to provide a roadmap on how it will deliver its ‘fair share’ of the $100 billion a year in climate finance promised by 2020 and ensure that its contribution is not a mere accounting exercise. – to empower developing countries to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change, and to pursue development pathways that leapfrog the use of dirty and polluting energy; – without tying them to long-term loans or credit guarantees, relying on the private sector, relabeling existing development aid as climate finance – addressing the gap in funding for adaptation – to convince developing countries to sign up to an agreement in Paris

5. Post-2020 finance The EU needs to advocate for a strong climate finance package that guarantees to continue and increase the provision of new, additional and public climate finance, for both adaptation and mitigation after – to allow more consistency and predictability and thus empower developing countries to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change, and to pursue climate-resilient and low-carbon development pathways – by allocating at least 50% of public finance to adaptation, to help the poorest and most vulnerable,

Thank you for your attention.