Climate Action Partnerships

Supporting Country-Led Climate Action

OUR MISSION:
BETTER INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
ON CLIMATE

Almost every country in the world has signed up to the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement - to stabilise global temperatures at 1.5 to 2 degrees Celcius below pre-industrial levels.

This will be impossible to achieve unless developing countries and emerging economies are able to deploy renewable energy solutions, address deforestation and protect their people against rising sea levels and the resulting extreme weather.

It is in the whole world's interests that they can do this quickly.

The good news is many developing countries and emerging economies have proposed innovative, realistic and practical solutions.

But despite their ambition, they face obstacles to progressing these ideas.

Sometimes the obstacle is a lack of money - but as often, it is also an absence of global understanding about what developing countries and emerging economies are proposing.

Meaningful international collaboration can transform this situation in a way that works for all.

Climate Action Partnerships was founded to forge new, more ambitious global partnerships for collaboration - to support developing countries' leadership towards a safer world for all.

WHAT WE DO

Support Country Leadership

Climate Action Partnerships works with governments and other stakeholders in developing countries, as well as their international partners - to capture and communicate their solutions for ambitious climate action.

Build
Coalitions

Climate Action Partnerships assembles partners to deliver transformative solutions - bridging the gap between the experiences of developed and developing countries, as well as the public and private sectors.

Design Innovative Financial Mechanisms

Climate Action Partnerships designs innovative financial mechanisms, tailored to country needs.

WHERE WE WORK

ASIA:

COUNTRIES LEADING THE SHIFT FROM COAL

About a quarter of the emissions reductions needed to avert catastrophic climate change can be achieved if affordable ways to replace coal-fired electricity plants can be found in a small number of emerging economies. Several of these countries are pursuing ambitious solutions which can be delivered through international collaboration.

GLOBAL:

COUNTRIES LEADING THE WAY TO AVOIDING DEFORESTATION

About 15% of emissions come from deforestation - driven by global demand for food and other products which result in the clearance of tropical forests. Solutions are being devised by forest countries to balance the global need for climate action through reduced deforestation - with demand for food and other land uses.

GLOBAL:

SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES AND OTHER SMALL COUNTRIES

The world's 50 smallest countries - most of them small island developing states - suffer disproportionately from climate change. A single hurricane can undo decades of developmental progress. Yet these countries have proposed some of the most innovative solutions for climate action in the world.

OUR STORY

Kevin Hogan founded Climate Action Partnerships after a career which included working at the highest levels of international climate diplomacy. As Sherpa and Senior Advisor to Mary Robinson, the former President of Ireland and UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Climate Change, Kevin was closely involved in political efforts to conclude the Paris Climate Accord.

Previously, Kevin served as a Deputy on the United Nations Secretary-General's High Level Panel for Climate Finance, which was co-chaired by the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and Ethiopia. Earlier, he worked as Advisor to the President of Guyana and supported Head of Government level meetings - including at the Commonwealth, the IMF and World Bank.

Subsequently, he supported the Prime Minister of Grenada in his capacity as Chair of the Small States Forum and helped the Prime Minister of Jamaica and Sir Richard Branson in their work to launch the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator.

Throughout all these experiences, Kevin dealt with Heads of Government, leaders of some of the world's largest companies, and local and international civil society organisations. He saw the frustration caused by "mutual bewilderment" between developed and developing countries, who often did not fully understand each other's positions. Similarly, the public and private sectors often did not share the same language or approach to progress.

Yet, it also became clear that dealing with this mutual bewilderment could be the key to restoring optimism and ambition on climate action.

Climate Action Partnerships was formed to bring people together to seize this opportunity.