Common use of Climate Action Clause in Contracts

Climate Action. 1. The Parties shall develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, implement concrete action to accelerate the full implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement, and to sustain multilateral action on climate change. 2. The Parties shall promote the integration of climate change policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation into national and regional strategies and plans and policy dialogues. They shall cooperate to promote adaptation action, including averting, minimising and addressing the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. They shall develop monitoring, reporting and verification, and evaluation systems to track progress on climate action. 3. The Parties shall cooperate to prepare, communicate and update progressively ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDCs), pursue the national and regional mitigation measures needed to achieve the objectives of such contributions and develop long-term strategies for low-carbon and climate-resilient development. 4. The Parties shall develop and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) and national and regional strategies. They shall integrate adaptation measures across all key vulnerable sectors, including infrastructures, and shall develop an effective governance system to implement adaptation actions and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practices on climate change at national and regional levels. 5. The Parties shall act to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including from aviation and shipping activities, in line with their international commitments and obligations, including under the Paris Agreement. 6. The Parties, considering the threats that climate change poses to peace and security and the well-being of people and communities, shall cooperate to strengthen adaptation and mitigation capacities and promote resilience-building measures to address their vulnerability. 7. The Parties shall promote the phase-out of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, by cooperating to support the ratification of the Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol and ensuring its swift implementation. 8. The Parties shall rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, and minimise the possible adverse impacts in a manner that protects poor and vulnerable communities. They shall promote the switch to renewable and cleaner energy sources in line with actions under the NDCs. 9. The Parties shall cooperate to advance low-carbon economies and climate resilience by strengthening green growth in key and emerging economic sectors, including through the adoption of eco-innovation, the promotion of technology transfer, the development of standards and the exchange of best practices. 10. The Parties shall develop innovative financing tools and align financial flows with a pathway to low-carbon and climate- resilient development, with a focus on inclusive climate finance that seeks to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from the adverse effects of climate change. They shall promote economic policy instruments that support climate change action, such as carbon pricing, market-based instruments and carbon taxes, as appropriate. 11. The Parties shall promote strengthened coordination across all levels of government to implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall encourage and empower local authorities and support initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and the Accelerating Renewable Energy Transition in small island developing states (SIDS). 12. The Parties shall work together to strengthen their scientific and technical human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through the use of space technologies and information systems and for the provision of comprehensive climate services, in particular to vulnerable stakeholders.

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Samples: Partnership Agreement, Partnership Agreement

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Climate Action. 1. The Parties, recalling the objectives, principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, adopted under the Convention, and stressing the need to step up the global efforts to tackle climate change in light of the findings of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, agree to contribute to global emission reduction, in line with keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre- industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. They recognise the importance of reaching net zero global anthropogenic emissions as soon as possible. They commit, to this end, to successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that will represent a progression beyond their current NDCs and reflect their highest possible ambition, in light of different national circumstances, and reaffirm their objective of each achieving climate neutrality by 2050. 2. The Parties shall develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, implement including through legislative and governance frameworks, and shall carry out concrete action actions to accelerate scale up the full implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement, and to sustain multilateral action on climate change. 2. The Parties shall promote the integration of climate change policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation into national and regional strategies and plans and policy dialogues. They shall cooperate to promote adaptation action, including averting, minimising and addressing the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. They shall develop monitoring, reporting and verification, and evaluation systems to track progress on climate action. 3. The Parties shall cooperate accelerate and intensify efforts to prepareadapt to the impacts of climate change, communicate including by developing and update progressively implementing ambitious nationally determined contributions National Adaptation Plans (NDCsNAPs). They shall develop and implement policies, pursue the national strategies and regional mitigation measures needed legislative frameworks with a view to achieve the objectives of such contributions integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and develop long-term strategies for low-carbon and climate-resilient developmentenvironmental sectors. 4. The Parties shall Parties, recognising that fossil fuel energy and transport sector contribute significantly to carbon emissions, undertake to develop energy efficiency and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) renewable energy solutions and national to further reduce carbon emissions from the land-, aviation- and regional strategiesmaritime-transport sectors. They shall integrate adaptation measures across all key vulnerable sectorsstrengthen cooperative action on technology development and transfer. They shall aim to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and to minimise the possible adverse impacts, including infrastructures, in a manner that protects the poor and shall develop an effective governance system to implement adaptation actions and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practices on climate change at national and regional levelsaffected communities. 5. The Parties shall act apply integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissionsaddressing climate change and its impacts, taking into account the vulnerability of small island developing states and taking into consideration their relevant policy frameworks, including from aviation the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and shipping activities, in line with their international commitments and obligations, including under the Paris AgreementPacific Resilience Partnership (PRP). 6. The Parties, considering the threats that climate change poses Parties shall support action to peace align finance flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and security and the well-being of people and communities, climate- resilient development. They shall cooperate to strengthen mobilise climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments and channels to support the development and implementation of national adaptation plans and mitigation capacities and promote resilience-building measures to address their vulnerabilitynationally determined contributions beyond current levels, in line with the Paris Agreement. 7. The Parties shall promote the an ambitious phase-out of the production and consumption down of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, by cooperating to support the ratification of Layer and the Kigali Amendment thereof. They shall encourage all the Parties to the Protocol to ratify and ensure the swift implementation of the Montreal Protocol and ensuring its swift implementationAmendment. 8. The Parties shall rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, and minimise the possible adverse impacts in a manner that protects poor and vulnerable communities. They shall promote the switch to renewable and cleaner energy sources in line with actions under the NDCs. 9. The Parties shall cooperate to advance low-carbon economies and climate resilience by strengthening green growth in key and emerging economic sectors, including through the adoption of eco-innovation, the promotion of technology transfer, the development of standards and the exchange of best practices. 10. The Parties shall develop innovative financing tools and align financial flows with a pathway to low-carbon and climate- resilient development, with a focus on inclusive climate finance that seeks to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from the adverse effects of climate change. They shall promote economic policy instruments that support climate change action, such as carbon pricing, market-based instruments and carbon taxes, as appropriate. 11. The Parties shall promote strengthened strengthen coordination across all levels of government governance and shall take action based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous and local knowledge systems. They shall encourage and enable local authorities to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall encourage and empower local authorities and support promote existing initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and should support the Accelerating Renewable Energy Transition in small island developing states (SIDS)implementation of their action plans. 129. The Parties shall work together to strengthen their scientific towards developing knowledge networks for climate adaptation and technical response and strengthening scientific, technical, human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through the use of space technologies and information systems and for the provision of comprehensive climate services, in particular to vulnerable stakeholderssystems.

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Samples: Partnership Agreement, Partnership Agreement

Climate Action. 1. The Parties shall develop comprehensive pursue the objectives and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, implement concrete action to accelerate be guided by the full implementation principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Change. They shall enact comprehensive and its inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement, and to sustain multilateral action on climate change. 2. The Parties shall promote the integration of formulate, communicate and maintain successive and ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), develop and implement ambitious National Adaptations Plans (NAPs), as appropriate, develop long-term visions towards low emissions and climate-resilient development and invest in climate change policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation into national and regional strategies and plans and policy dialogues. They shall cooperate to promote adaptation action, including averting, minimising and addressing the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate changecapacities. They shall develop monitoringMonitoring, reporting Reporting and verification, and Verification (MRV) as well as evaluation systems to track progress on climate action. 3. The Parties shall cooperate to prepare, communicate and update progressively ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDCs), pursue the national and regional mitigation measures needed to achieve the objectives of such contributions and develop long-design long term strategies to reduce emissions arising from the transport sector (road, aviation and maritime). They shall promote smart urban mobility and xxxxxx the implementation of policy approaches and positive incentives for low-carbon reducing emissions from unsustainable land management, deforestation and climate-resilient forest degradation. They shall engage in promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency and encourage countries to engage in energy transition. They shall phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and minimise the possible adverse impacts on their development, in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities. They shall strengthen international cooperation to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, greenhouse gas (GHG) sinks and reservoirs. 4. The Parties shall develop and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) and national and regional strategies. They shall integrate adaptation measures across all key vulnerable sectors, including infrastructures, and shall develop promote an effective governance system to implement adaptation actions and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practices on climate change at national and regional levels. 5. The Parties shall act to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including from aviation and shipping activities, in line with their international commitments and obligations, including under the Paris Agreement. 6. The Parties, considering the threats that climate change poses to peace and security and the well-being of people and communities, shall cooperate to strengthen adaptation and mitigation capacities and promote resilience-building measures to address their vulnerability. 7. The Parties shall promote the ambitious phase-out of the production and consumption down of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Layer by cooperating to support the ratification of the Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol thereof and shall work towards ensuring its swift implementationimplementation to achieve an ambitious global phase-down of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons. 5. The Parties shall recognise and act on the threat that climate change and environmental degradation pose to peace and security, particularly in situations of fragility and on the most vulnerable countries. They shall take measures for and work together in strengthening adaptation and resilience measures to ensure conflict prevention through early-warning systems, taking into account the security challenges linked to adverse effects of climate change and environmental risk factors and strengthen the link between early warning and early action across policy areas, including through risk and impact assessments. 6. The Parties shall aim at averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, in their domestic and international efforts, and in that context, shall recognise the important role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage. 7. The Parties shall take action to align financial flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate- resilient development. 8. The Parties shall rationalise aim at enhancing knowledge and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumptioncapacity on policy options and instruments and best practices to improve resource efficiency along the entire life-cycle of natural resources and products. They shall work together towards strengthening scientific and technical, human and minimise institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring at all relevant levels, with particular attention to the possible adverse impacts in a manner that protects poor and most vulnerable communitiescountries. They shall promote the switch to renewable use of space technologies and cleaner energy sources in line with actions under the NDCsinformation systems. 9. The Parties shall cooperate to advance low-carbon economies and climate resilience by strengthening green growth in key and emerging economic sectors, including through the adoption of eco-innovation, the promotion of technology transfer, the development of standards and the exchange of best practices. 10. The Parties shall develop innovative financing tools and align financial flows with a pathway to low-carbon and climate- resilient development, with a focus on inclusive climate finance that seeks to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from the adverse effects of climate change. They shall promote economic policy instruments that support climate change action, such as carbon pricing, market-based instruments and carbon taxes, as appropriate. 11. The Parties shall promote strengthened strengthen coordination across all levels of government governance to encourage and enable local authorities to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall encourage promote synergies between public administration, civil society organisations and empower local authorities private businesses and support xxxxxx participation of the private sector towards a low greenhouse gas emission and climate-resilient economy, including through joint research. They shall promote existing initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and shall support the Accelerating Renewable Energy Transition in small island developing states (SIDS)implementation of their action plans. 12. The Parties shall work together to strengthen their scientific and technical human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through the use of space technologies and information systems and for the provision of comprehensive climate services, in particular to vulnerable stakeholders.

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Samples: Partnership Agreement, Partnership Agreement

Climate Action. 1. The Parties shall develop comprehensive pursue the objectives and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, implement concrete action to accelerate be guided by the full implementation principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Change. They shall enact comprehensive and its inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement, and to sustain multilateral action on climate change. 2. The Parties shall promote the integration of formulate, communicate and maintain successive and ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), develop and implement ambitious National Adaptations Plans (NAPs), as appropriate, develop long-term visions towards low emissions and climate-resilient development and invest in climate change policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation into national and regional strategies and plans and policy dialogues. They shall cooperate to promote adaptation action, including averting, minimising and addressing the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate changecapacities. They shall develop monitoringMonitoring, reporting Reporting and verification, and Verification (MRV) as well as evaluation systems to track progress on climate action. 3. The Parties shall cooperate to prepare, communicate and update progressively ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDCs), pursue the national and regional mitigation measures needed to achieve the objectives of such contributions and develop long-design long term strategies to reduce emissions arising from the transport sector (road, aviation and maritime). They shall promote smart urban mobility and xxxxxx the implementation of policy approaches and positive incentives for low-carbon reducing emissions from unsustainable land management, deforestation and climate-resilient forest degradation. They shall engage in promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency and encourage countries to engage in energy transition. They shall phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and minimise the possible adverse impacts on their development, in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities. They shall strengthen international cooperation to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, greenhouse gas (GHG) sinks and reservoirs. 4. The Parties shall develop and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) and national and regional strategies. They shall integrate adaptation measures across all key vulnerable sectors, including infrastructures, and shall develop promote an effective governance system to implement adaptation actions and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practices on climate change at national and regional levels. 5. The Parties shall act to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including from aviation and shipping activities, in line with their international commitments and obligations, including under the Paris Agreement. 6. The Parties, considering the threats that climate change poses to peace and security and the well-being of people and communities, shall cooperate to strengthen adaptation and mitigation capacities and promote resilience-building measures to address their vulnerability. 7. The Parties shall promote the ambitious phase-out of the production and consumption down of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Layer by cooperating to support the ratification of the Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol thereof and shall work towards ensuring its swift implementationimplementation to achieve an ambitious global phase-down of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons. 5. The Parties shall recognise and act on the threat that climate change and environmental degradation pose to peace and security, particularly in situations of fragility and on the most vulnerable countries. They shall take measures for and work together in strengthening adaptation and resilience measures to ensure conflict prevention through early-warning systems, taking into account the security challenges linked to adverse effects of climate change and environmental risk factors and strengthen the link between early warning and early action across policy areas, including through risk and impact assessments. 6. The Parties shall aim at averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, in their domestic and international efforts, and in that context, shall recognise the important role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage. 7. The Parties shall take action to align financial flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development. 8. The Parties shall rationalise aim at enhancing knowledge and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumptioncapacity on policy options and instruments and best practices to improve resource efficiency along the entire life-cycle of natural resources and products. They shall work together towards strengthening scientific and technical, human and minimise institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring at all relevant levels, with particular attention to the possible adverse impacts in a manner that protects poor and most vulnerable communitiescountries. They shall promote the switch to renewable use of space technologies and cleaner energy sources in line with actions under the NDCsinformation systems. 9. The Parties shall cooperate to advance low-carbon economies and climate resilience by strengthening green growth in key and emerging economic sectors, including through the adoption of eco-innovation, the promotion of technology transfer, the development of standards and the exchange of best practices. 10. The Parties shall develop innovative financing tools and align financial flows with a pathway to low-carbon and climate- resilient development, with a focus on inclusive climate finance that seeks to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from the adverse effects of climate change. They shall promote economic policy instruments that support climate change action, such as carbon pricing, market-based instruments and carbon taxes, as appropriate. 11. The Parties shall promote strengthened strengthen coordination across all levels of government governance to encourage and enable local authorities to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall encourage promote synergies between public administration, civil society organisations and empower local authorities private businesses and support xxxxxx participation of the private sector towards a low greenhouse gas emission and climate-resilient economy, including through joint research. They shall promote existing initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and shall support the Accelerating Renewable Energy Transition in small island developing states (SIDS)implementation of their action plans. 12. The Parties shall work together to strengthen their scientific and technical human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through the use of space technologies and information systems and for the provision of comprehensive climate services, in particular to vulnerable stakeholders.

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Samples: Partnership Agreement

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Climate Action. 1. The Parties, recalling the objectives, principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, adopted under the Convention, and stressing the need to step up the global efforts to tackle climate change in light of the findings of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, agree to contribute to global emission reduction, in line with keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. They recognise the importance of reaching net zero global anthropogenic emissions as soon as possible. They commit, to this end, to successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that will represent a progression beyond their current NDCs and reflect their highest possible ambition, in light of different national circumstances, and reaffirm their objective of each achieving climate neutrality by 2050. 2. The Parties shall develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, implement including through legislative and governance frameworks, and shall carry out concrete action actions to accelerate scale up the full implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement, and to sustain multilateral action on climate change. 2. The Parties shall promote the integration of climate change policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation into national and regional strategies and plans and policy dialogues. They shall cooperate to promote adaptation action, including averting, minimising and addressing the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. They shall develop monitoring, reporting and verification, and evaluation systems to track progress on climate action. 3. The Parties shall cooperate accelerate and intensify efforts to prepareadapt to the impacts of climate change, communicate including by developing and update progressively implementing ambitious nationally determined contributions National Adaptation Plans (NDCsNAPs). They shall develop and implement policies, pursue the national strategies and regional mitigation measures needed legislative frameworks with a view to achieve the objectives of such contributions integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and develop long-term strategies for low-carbon and climate-resilient developmentenvironmental sectors. 4. The Parties shall Parties, recognising that fossil fuel energy and transport sector contribute significantly to carbon emissions, undertake to develop energy efficiency and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) renewable energy solutions and national to further reduce carbon emissions from the land-, aviation- and regional strategiesmaritime-transport sectors. They shall integrate adaptation measures across all key vulnerable sectorsstrengthen cooperative action on technology development and transfer. They shall aim to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption and to minimise the possible adverse impacts, including infrastructures, in a manner that protects the poor and shall develop an effective governance system to implement adaptation actions and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practices on climate change at national and regional levelsaffected communities. 5. The Parties shall act apply integrated, holistic and balanced non-market approaches to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissionsaddressing climate change and its impacts, taking into account the vulnerability of small island developing states and taking into consideration their relevant policy frameworks, including from aviation the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP) and shipping activities, in line with their international commitments and obligations, including under the Paris AgreementPacific Resilience Partnership (PRP). 6. The Parties, considering the threats that climate change poses Parties shall support action to peace align finance flows with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and security and the wellclimate-being of people and communities, resilient development. They shall cooperate to strengthen mobilise climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments and channels to support the development and implementation of national adaptation plans and mitigation capacities and promote resilience-building measures to address their vulnerabilitynationally determined contributions beyond current levels, in line with the Paris Agreement. 7. The Parties shall promote the an ambitious phase-out of the production and consumption down of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, by cooperating to support the ratification of Layer and the Kigali Amendment thereof. They shall encourage all the Parties to the Protocol to ratify and ensure the swift implementation of the Montreal Protocol and ensuring its swift implementationAmendment. 8. The Parties shall rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, and minimise the possible adverse impacts in a manner that protects poor and vulnerable communities. They shall promote the switch to renewable and cleaner energy sources in line with actions under the NDCs. 9. The Parties shall cooperate to advance low-carbon economies and climate resilience by strengthening green growth in key and emerging economic sectors, including through the adoption of eco-innovation, the promotion of technology transfer, the development of standards and the exchange of best practices. 10. The Parties shall develop innovative financing tools and align financial flows with a pathway to low-carbon and climate- resilient development, with a focus on inclusive climate finance that seeks to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from the adverse effects of climate change. They shall promote economic policy instruments that support climate change action, such as carbon pricing, market-based instruments and carbon taxes, as appropriate. 11. The Parties shall promote strengthened strengthen coordination across all levels of government governance and shall take action based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, indigenous and local knowledge systems. They shall encourage and enable local authorities to make and implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall encourage and empower local authorities and support promote existing initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and should support the Accelerating Renewable Energy Transition in small island developing states (SIDS)implementation of their action plans. 129. The Parties shall work together to strengthen their scientific towards developing knowledge networks for climate adaptation and technical response and strengthening scientific, technical, human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through the use of space technologies and information systems and for the provision of comprehensive climate services, in particular to vulnerable stakeholderssystems.

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Samples: Partnership Agreement

Climate Action. 1. The Parties shall develop comprehensive and inclusive domestic climate policies and programmes, implement concrete action to accelerate the full implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement, and to sustain multilateral action on climate change. 2. The Parties shall promote the integration of climate change policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation into national and regional strategies and plans and policy dialogues. They shall cooperate to promote adaptation action, including averting, minimising and addressing the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. They shall develop monitoring, reporting and verification, and evaluation systems to track progress on climate action. 3. The Parties shall cooperate to prepare, communicate and update progressively ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDCs), pursue the national and regional mitigation measures needed to achieve the objectives of such contributions and develop long-term strategies for low-carbon and climate-resilient development. 4. The Parties shall develop and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs) and national and regional strategies. They shall integrate adaptation measures across all key vulnerable sectors, including infrastructures, and shall develop an effective governance system to implement adaptation actions and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and good practices on climate change at national and regional levels. 5. The Parties shall act to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including from aviation and shipping activities, in line with their international commitments and obligations, including under the Paris Agreement. 6. The Parties, considering the threats that climate change poses to peace and security and the well-being well‑being of people and communities, shall cooperate to strengthen adaptation and mitigation capacities and promote resilience-building resilience ‑building measures to address their vulnerability. 7. The Parties shall promote the phase-out of the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, by cooperating to support the ratification of the Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol and ensuring its swift implementation. 8. The Parties shall rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, and minimise the possible adverse impacts in a manner that protects poor and vulnerable communities. They shall promote the switch to renewable and cleaner energy sources in line with actions under the NDCs. 9. The Parties shall cooperate to advance low-carbon economies and climate resilience by strengthening green growth in key and emerging economic sectors, including through the adoption of eco-innovation, the promotion of technology transfer, the development of standards and the exchange of best practices. 10. The Parties shall develop innovative financing tools and align financial flows with a pathway to low-carbon and climate- climate-resilient development, with a focus on inclusive climate finance that seeks to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from the adverse effects of climate change. They shall promote economic policy instruments that support climate change action, such as carbon pricing, market-based instruments and carbon taxes, as appropriate. 11. The Parties shall promote strengthened coordination across all levels of government to implement ambitious climate and energy commitments. They shall encourage and empower local authorities and support initiatives such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and the Accelerating Renewable Energy Transition in small island developing states (SIDS). 12. The Parties shall work together to strengthen their scientific and technical human and institutional capacity for climate action and environmental management and monitoring, including through the use of space technologies and information systems and for the provision of comprehensive climate services, in particular to vulnerable stakeholders.

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Samples: Partnership Agreement

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