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Brazil’s updated climate commitment at COP29 highlights a groundbreaking integration of subnational governments, setting a precedent for multilevel collaboration in achieving ambitious emissions [...]

Relive memorable moments from the Multilevel Action & Urbanization Pavilion, negotiation spaces, and plenary sessions with our photo album.

Hear directly from LGMA leaders in exclusive interviews live from COP29.

Wrapping up COP29, our LGMA video showcases the contributions of local and regional governments in driving the global climate agenda over two weeks in Baku.

Following COP29, the LGMA Constituency welcomed the first major climate finance deal in 15 years as a minimal step toward global community protection but criticized its inadequacy, the lack of [...]

With a disappointing lack of ambition in the overall COP29 outcomes, the LGMA Constituency stressed the increasing importance of multilevel action to ensure the climate fight continues at speed [...]

Drawing on the UCLG Positioning Paper on Loss and Damage, which emphasizes that adaptation efforts alone are insufficient, the call advocates for a holistic response that transcends borders, [...]

Can cities and other subnationals create a new path of opportunity from a challenging first week at COP29? By Yunus Arikan, ICLEI Director of Global Advocacy and Focal Point to the LGMA COP29 [...]

These inputs on the development of the UAE Just Transition Work Programme advocate for solid acknowledgment of a whole-of-government approach.

Leaders from the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency gathered in a special session on November 13th at the World Leaders Climate Action Summit (WCAS) at COP29.