(2) Harmonisation of global energy and climate governance
China could seek to initiate a long-term agenda,
under the auspices of the G20, to help align
global energy governance and climate governance regimes to accelerate the transition to a
low-carbon, energy-secure future. First, groundwork steps could seek to position the G20 as a
forum for political leadership and consensus on
the transition to a low-carbon, energy-secure
future through a series of statements and commitments on secure, long-term decarbonisation
and collective efforts to raise the ambition of
nationally determined contributions (NDCs) (see
Box).
This could be followed up by the G20
launching a global energy governance reform
agenda to align international organisation mission statements with the common goal of a
secure, low-carbon energy transition as enshrined
in the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable
Development Goals (see Box). This would need
to be complemented with steps to build the G20’s
leadership and oversight function by: (i) establishing a long-term series of G20 energy ministerial meetings; and (ii) building its institutional
capacity through an energy secretariat function
distributed among the relevant international
organisations.
Box 15: Increasing NDC ambition
Closing the gap between the emission
reductions pledged under existing NDCs,
and those needed to achieve the Paris
goals, will be addressed through a process
every five years at the UNFCCC, where
governments progressively increase the
ambition of their NDCs.
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China could seek to initiate a long-term agenda,
under the auspices of the G20, to help align
global energy governance and climate governance regimes to accelerate the transition to a
low-carbon, energy-secure future. First, groundwork steps could seek to position the G20 as a
forum for political leadership and consensus on
the transition to a low-carbon, energy-secure
future through a series of statements and commitments on secure, long-term decarbonisation
and collective efforts to raise the ambition of
nationally determined contributions (NDCs) (see
Box).
This could be followed up by the G20
launching a global energy governance reform
agenda to align international organisation mission statements with the common goal of a
secure, low-carbon energy transition as enshrined
in the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable
Development Goals (see Box). This would need
to be complemented with steps to build the G20’s
leadership and oversight function by: (i) establishing a long-term series of G20 energy ministerial meetings; and (ii) building its institutional
capacity through an energy secretariat function
distributed among the relevant international
organisations.
Box 15: Increasing NDC ambition
Closing the gap between the emission
reductions pledged under existing NDCs,
and those needed to achieve the Paris
goals, will be addressed through a process
every five years at the UNFCCC, where
governments progressively increase the
ambition of their NDCs.
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