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| 19 June 2025 -10:00 to 13:00 | Joint session |
| 21 June 2025 -10:00 to 13:00 | Interactive workshop |
| 23 June 2025 -15:00 to 18:00 | Closing session |
I. Background and Objective
The annual Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) provides a regular forum for Parties and other stakeholders to share their experiences, exchange ideas, good practices, and lessons learned regarding the implementation of Article 6 of the Convention and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement through its six elements – climate change education and public awareness, training, public participation and access to information and international cooperation on these matters.
At COP 26, Parties adopted the 10-year Glasgow work programme on ACE (GWP), which requested the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to continue to hold ACE Dialogues at its first regular session of each year with the participation of Parties, representatives of relevant constituted bodies, and relevant experts, practitioners, and stakeholders. The ACE Dialogue focuses on the progress of implementation of the Glasgow work programme, and its four priority areas: 1) policy coherence, 2) coordinated action, 3) tools and support, and 3) monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.[1]
The ACE Dialogue 2025 will discuss the priority areas of policy coherence and coordinated action, which are defined in the Glasgow work program on ACE as follows:
- Policy coherence: aims to strengthen coordination of work under ACE, recognizing that activities related to ACE are also carried out under workstreams that are part of the UNFCCC process, as well as under frameworks and processes of the United Nations system and in multiple sectors and strategies at the national level.
- Coordinated action: aims to build long-term, strategic, operational, multilevel, multi-stakeholder, intergenerational partnerships that bring together expertise, resources, and knowledge to accelerate the use of ACE elements in implementation.
This year, the ACE Dialogue includes two activities from the ACE action plan [2] under policy coherence:
- A joint session with representatives of the UNFCCC constituted bodies and all work programmes under the UNFCCC to discuss ways of enhancing understanding of the role of children and youth and Indigenous Peoples in accelerating ACE implementation and promoting intergenerational knowledge-sharing in the context of their work (Policy coherence, activity A.1); and
- An interactive workshop on developing and implementing national climate change policies, plans, strategies and action using a clear, inclusive, intergenerational and gender-responsive approach (Policy coherence, activity A.2).
II. Participation
The ACE Dialogue 2025 will be open for participation by a diverse range of stakeholders including Parties, representatives of relevant bodies established under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, relevant experts, practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders. No registration is required.
Virtual participation will be possible, with simultaneous interpretation into French and Spanish for on-site participants. The recordings of the event and the presentations will be published on the UNFCCC website.
III. Expected outcome
The outcome of the dialogue will be incorporated into the annual summary report, prepared by the secretariat, on progress in implementing activities under the Glasgow Work Programme for consideration by the SBI at COP30.
[1] Decisions 18/CP.26, para. 11(b); and 22/CMA.3, para. 11(b).
[2] As per activity C.3 of the action plan under the Glasgow work programme, contained in decisions 23/CP.27, annex, and 22/CMA.4, annex.
Welcoming remarks
World café – Working together across generations
This solution-focused, interactive session will generate practical ideas and opportunities for weaving intergenerational considerations throughout UNFCCC constituted bodies and work programmes, enhancing the collective well-being and meaningful engagement of children and youth, including those from local communities and Indigenous Peoples.
Thematic Areas:
I. Policy Coherence and Coordinated Action
- Explore ways to incorporate intergenerational perspectives across the UNFCCC process.
- Foster partnerships that align and amplify the work of UNFCCC workstreams.
II. Intergenerational Engagement
- Discuss mechanisms that ensure meaningful and culturally respectful engagement of children and youth, including those from local communities and Indigenous Peoples, in the work of constituted bodies and work programmes.
III. Access to Relevant Data and Information
- Identify opportunities to improve child- and youth-specific data, including those from local communities and Indigenous Peoples, to inform UNFCCC workstreams and strengthen accountability.
- Discuss strategies to increase their awareness of, and equitable access to, relevant information from constituted bodies and work programmes.
Guiding questions:
- What are some existing practices and approaches that UNFCCC constituted bodies or work programmes have adopted under each theme?
- How can these approaches be expanded or adapted to enhance the impact within the three thematic areas?
Report back
Open Dialogue
Drawing on the insights generated during the World Café, participants will explore further opportunities to weave intergenerational considerations across UNFCCC constituted bodies and work programmes.
Guiding question:
- What additional or new steps can be taken to foster intergenerational consideration and collaboration, and ensure the voices of children and youth, including from local communities and Indigenous Peoples, help shape effective, inclusive, and equitable climate action?
Closing remarks