COP28 launches 'The COP Presidencies Troika' in partnership with the COP29 and COP30 Presidencies--a groundbreaking initiative to support 'Mission 1.5°C' by maintaining momentum, locking in continuity, and anchoring implementation

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The COP Presidencies Troika, a key achievement of the COP28 Presidency mandated by the UAE Consensus, unites COP28 with the next two COP Presidencies – Azerbaijan and Brazil – to drive ambitious collective climate action. The three will work on the 'Roadmap to Mission 1.5°C'.COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber said: "The Troika represents critical and unprecedented collaboration to maintain momentum, lock in continuity and anchor implementation."It will provide a platform for the three Presidencies to collaborate on various activities until COP30, to raise ambition across all pillars of the Paris Agreement to course correct in line with the UAE Consensus agreed in Dubai.The collaboration between the three COP Presidencies, or Troika, was mandated in the UAE Consensus to "significantly enhance international cooperation and the international enabling environment to stimulate ambition in the next round of nationally determined contributions, with a view to enhancing action and implementation over this critical decade and keeping 1.5°C within reach."Representatives of the three COP Presidencies met at Expo City Dubai, to launch the COP Presidencies Troika.COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber said: "At COP28, Parties mobilized behind historic climate action through both the negotiations and their commitments to the Presidential Action Agenda. We cannot afford to lose momentum; we must do everything we can to keep 1.5°C within reach."The Troika's laser focus on the 2025 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) will ensure that countries' individual commitments deliver enhanced climate action, are guided by climate urgency. Its work to mobilize political momentum and channel resources towards NDCs will help to ensure ambition by all countries, while supporting developing countries in accelerating a just transition.UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said: "The unity of this Troika will help deliver on the ambition needed to tackle climate change, through collaboration, cooperation and coordination.'"View original content:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/cop28-launches-the-cop-presidencies-troika-in-partnership-with-the-cop29-and-cop30-presidenciesa-groundbreaking-initiative-to-support-mission-1-5c-by-maintaining-momentum-locking-in-continuity-and-anchoring-implementation-302060267.html