The Climate Chance World Summit has ended its second edition held in Agadir, Morocco, with participants agreeing on concrete actions on climate.
More than 5,000 participants from 80 countries met in three days of talk and debate on climate.
“This edition reveals once again that international civil society continuously expect such meetings and talks, and reaffirms its determination to assert its natural role in the fight for climate” said Ronan Dantec, President of the Climate Chance Association, at the closing of the summit.
The summit was concluded with the signature of “The Statement of Agadir”, supported by many Moroccan non-state actors and signed by many of the world’s major networks.
“The Agadir Statement will be brought to COP23 next November. Its adoption is a major step towards strengthening the joint work of global non-state actors. Its signature in Agadir consecrates the efforts undertaken by the Souss Massa Regional Council during the last 10 years, in order to accompany the Moroccan civil society in its fight against climate change” said Brahim Hafidi, President of the Souss Massa Regional Council, the host of the event.
Non-state actors commit through this declaration to intensify the climate action and urge the governmental parties to amplify their ambition to facilitate dialogue.
The MOU is expected to be a roadmap to facilitate dialogue following the Paris Agreement, to be held in 2018.
On September 13, the Climate Chance Observatory for Climate Action of non-state actors was officially launched. This observatory should make possible the measurement of the reality of the actions undertaken by the non-state actors, their success and their challenges.
A first report will be released in autumn 2018 before the COP24 to be held in Poland.
