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On 24 November, REPER21 – the Romanian Climate Pact Country Coordinator – organised an event to foster the role of the Pact in climate education in Romania.

At a European Climate Pact event in Bucharest on 29 November, Dr Ioana Petrescu, Climate Pact Ambassador and President of the NGO Pure and Simple Green Association, as well as two other experts, Dr Dan Sultănescu and Dr Remus Ștefureac, discussed climate misinformation.

‘I try to raise awareness by building bridges. Through images, I tell the story of vulnerability, of impact, of what is at stake.’

In this one-minute interview, Climate Pact Ambassador and impact photographer Christian Clauwers shares his experience from the COP28.

While other Pact Ambassadors gathered in Dubai to take part in COP28, Pierre-Jean Clausse shone a spotlight on the European Climate Pact on BBC News. In his interview, he explained that he is working on the grassroots level in France and overseas to ensure all voices, especially those of young people, are included in climate narratives and climate discussions.

More than 20,000 people braved the winter cold and filled the streets of Brussels on 3 December to push for concrete measures to tackle the climate crisis. Organised by the Climate Coalition, the march showcased the collective strength of Climate Pact Ambassadors, Partners, and Friends of the Pact who joined other activists to demand action from our political leaders.

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Climate disinformation tends to gain traction around annual COP negotiations, sowing doubts and confusion about climate change and climate action.

Mission project CLIMAAX launched its first open innovation call in 2023. CLIMAAX invites public entities overseeing Climate-Related Risk Assessments and Risk Management Plans and non-profit organisations dedicated to mitigating climate change impacts and enhancing community resilience to apply for its open call. Successful applicants can receive:

The last quarterly report of 2023 in the Climate Change Modelling Information series has been published. This report sets an emphasis on loss and damage and adaptation strategies, in addition to the regular sections on implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions and Mid-century strategies. Discover the summary and access the report.

On 21 November 2023, the CCMI project hosted the "Climate Change and Health Impacts" webinar to discuss the latest developments and opportunities in assessing the links between climate change and health. Speakers included: Peter Loffler (European Commission, DG CLIMA), Ana M. Vicedo Cabrera (University of Bern), Thessa Beck (Barcelona Institute for Global Health), Shreya Some (Asian Institute of Technology), and Andrea Bassi (IISD and Stellenbosch University South Africa). The slide of the webinar are available on our website.

The Commission welcomed the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council strengthening the current provisions for emissions from industry and large intensive rearing farms.

The recent Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum – Energy Efficiency Finance Market Place highlighted the efforts of cities and regions and the key role of LIFE and Horizon 2020 projects in driving the clean energy transition and climate adaptation.

15 years since the initiative was launched, the Covenant of Mayors is betting increasingly on one key element for local governments to realise their action plans: multilevel governance. What is it and how does the Covenant contribute?

Nature-based solutions need to be scaled up and expanded to help Europe better cope with the impacts of climate change. This European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing assesses the current state of such climate adaptation projects and how they can increase both society resilience and biodiversity.

The Commission welcomed the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Nature Restoration Law. Once adopted and applied in the EU Member States, the law will be a key contribution to reaching climate neutrality by 2050.

From 28 November to 1 December, the Commission has hosted a high-level conference in Vilnius, Lithuania on the green recovery in Ukraine. The high-level event created a momentum for high sustainability ambition for the benefit of all Ukrainians.

In this interview, Paula Pinho, Director for Just Transition, Consumers, Energy Security, Efficiency and Innovation at the Directorate-General for Energy, talks about how the EU is securing the energy and critical raw materials needed for the shift towards renewable energy and the importance of energy efficiency as a structural solution to the just energy transition.

The EU is ahead of its global peers in climate neutral technology innovation, while more effort is needed to commercialise these green innovations and finance the associated scale-ups, a JRC report shows.