
Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) for Climate Action
WHAT IS CHAMP?
The Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) was launched at COP28 by the COP28 Presidency and Bloomberg Philanthropies as a platform to enhance collaboration between national and subnational governments in climate policy and finance. Recognizing that cities and regions play a critical role in implementing national climate commitments, CHAMP was designed to bridge the gap between local action and national policies. Since its inception, 75 countries have endorsed CHAMP, demonstrating a growing global commitment to embedding multilevel governance in climate action.
CHAMP continues to serve two primary objectives:
Strengthening cooperation between national and subnational actors in the design and implementation of key national climate plans, such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS).
Improving access to climate finance at the subnational level through enhanced coordination mechanisms co-designed by different levels of government alongside climate finance providers.
CHAMP ENDORSING COUNTRIES
75 Countries
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34% of Global Population
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62% of Global GDP
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36% of Global Emissions
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75 Countries • 34% of Global Population • 62% of Global GDP • 36% of Global Emissions •
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
🇱🇧 Lebanon
🇱🇸 Lesotho
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇲🇩 Moldova
🇲🇳 Mongolia
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
🇳🇴 Norway
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇵🇼 Palau
🇵🇦 Panama
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇵🇱 Poland
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇦🇱 Albania
🇦🇩 Andorra
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇦🇺 Australia
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
🇧🇸 Bahamas
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇧🇹 Bhutan
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde
🇨🇦 Canada
🇹🇩 Chad
🇨🇱 Chile
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
🇷🇼 Rwanda
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
🇷🇸 Serbia
🇸🇨 Seychelles
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
🇰🇷 South Korea
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇹🇷 Türkiye
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇺🇸 United States of America
🇾🇪 Yemen
🇨🇮 Cote d’Ivoire
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
🇸🇻 El Salvador
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇸🇿 Eswatini
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
🇫🇮 Finland
🇫🇷 France
🇩🇪 Germany
🇬🇭 Ghana
🇬🇹 Guatemala
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇮🇸 Iceland
🇮🇹 Italy
🇯🇲 Jamaica
🇯🇵 Japan
🇯🇴 Jordan
🇰🇪 Kenya
🇰🇮 Kiribati
CHAMP ENDORSING COUNTRIES PER REGION
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Burkina Faso
Chad
Côte d’Ivoire
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho
Morocco
Nigeria
Rwanda
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Tunisia -
Japan
South Korea -
Australia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Kiribati
Mongolia
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Sri Lanka -
Albania
Andorra
Belgium
Bulgaria
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Moldova
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Türkiye
Ukraine
United Kingdom -
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Canada
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
United States of America -
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Pakistan
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
THE CHAMP PLEDGE
Recalling the Paris Agreement’s recognition of the importance of engagement of all levels of government, and subsequent decisions by the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on multilevel engagement, including the creation of the roles of the High Level Champions at COP21 and their establishment of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action at COP22, the introduction of the Talanoa Dialogue process at COP23, and the COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact,
Reaffirming that collaborative and science-based climate action coordinated between national and subnational governments - including cities, towns, states and regions - is critical and creates additional potential for emissions reduction, building resilience, and avoiding severe climate impacts,
Acknowledging respective national legislations, regulations, and circumstances, and the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement as the primary intergovernmental fora for the global response to climate change.
Encouraged by the work and contributions of non-Party stakeholders, including cities, towns, states and regions, to the Paris Agreement process since its adoption, the inaugural convening of the Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change at COP27 and its second iteration at COP28, and the work of the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) constituency to the UNFCCC,
We, the countries identified below, gathered at COP28, pledge to:
Join the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) for Climate Action in order to enhance cooperation, where applicable and appropriate, with our subnational governments in the planning, financing, implementation, and monitoring of climate strategies, including but not limited to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and Long Term Low-Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS), to maximise climate action, including through coalitions such as the NDC Partnership, with a view towards collectively pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and increase adaptation and resilience.
Consult
Collaborate
NDC 2025
NDC Investment
Voluntary
review
High-level dialogue
Consult with our respective subnational governments, as appropriate and applicable, to determine the avenues for subnational action to contribute to national mitigation and adaptation commitments and strategies, and their subsequent implementation and monitoring.
Work collaboratively with our respective subnational governments to unlock and realise mitigation and adaptation action opportunities at the subnational level by involving them, as appropriate and applicable, in the review, design, enhancement, consolidation and implementation of our national commitments and strategies.
Create inclusive institutional and informal processes to enable subnational governments to contribute to further enhancing NDCs, where applicable, ahead of COP30 in 2025, and, where available and appropriate, integrate local and territorial baseline information, targets and actions for emissions mitigation and adaptation across all sectors and industries.
Include relevant subnational government projects (encompassing mitigation and adaptation) in climate-related investment priorities (including those directly and indirectly related to NDCs) and strive to help them secure the resources necessary from public and private financial institutions, as applicable, to begin or scale up implementation, including but not limited to supporting project preparation, pipeline development, aggregation of projects, new financial instruments or policy reform at local, national, regional and global levels as needed.
Undertake, as appropriate and applicable, regular, and inclusive country-led reviews of progress at national and subnational level around the implementation of CHAMP commitments through existing processes, which may include the Voluntary National Review process of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a view to ensure that national policy frameworks support and, where appropriate, can accelerate ambitious multilevel climate action.
Meet, amongst the endorsers of CHAMP, with representative subnational leaders, at a global High Level Political Dialogue on Multilevel Climate Action in the lead up to both COP29 and COP30 to share good practices and lessons learned in implementing the CHAMP commitments, to be compiled into a summary shared, among others, as a contribution to the Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change.
Countries wishing to join CHAMP are invited to send a letter / communication of endorsement to the CHAMP support unit via email.
The endorsement should:
Indicate the country's agreement to being publicly referenced as a member of CHAMP.
Designate a focal point (including name, title, and contact information) within the relevant endorsing ministry to receive regular CHAMP-related communications and coordinate the country's engagement with CHAMP activities.
HOW TO JOIN CHAMP?
For any questions, please contact CHAMP Support Unit:
CHAMP RESOURCES
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Original CHAMP pledge for endorsement. Includes an FAQ and annotations.
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Detailed information about the CHAMP initiative, includes an FAQ and brief analysis of Urban Content in CHAMP endorsing countries NDCs (2022).
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Detailed information for all CHAMP endorsers with guidance on implementing it.
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A summary of the activities around CHAMP in 2024, including new endorsers and updated NDCs.
THE CHAMP SUPPORT UNIT
C40 and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy serve as the CHAMP Support Unit, providing dedicated support to the CHAMP coalition - managing coordination between members and partners, as well as leading on CHAMP-related engagement, communications, and convenings in the UNFCCC and other multilateral spaces.
Contact us for any enquiries on CHAMP, please contact us on champ@gcomprojectsupport.org
CHAMP PARTNERS
The CHAMP coalition is supported by a group of partners spanning subnational networks, UN agencies, international financial institutions, development agencies and other multilateral and non-governmental organizations, committed to supporting CHAMP national governments on the implementation of the CHAMP pledge.