JPI Climate supported by MAGICA project organised the Climate Neutrality Forum (CNF) to facilitate a science-policy-practitioner dialogue to explore the pathways, interventions and enabling environments required to achieve climate neutrality. The 2024 CNF aimed to provide an update of the best-available science, identify effective policies for emissions reduction and removals, and elucidate areas for further policy development such that progress towards climate neutrality may be accelerated. It touched upon the state of the climate system and fundamental understanding; understanding of trends of key GHGs and global carbon budget; net zero pledges towards 2025 and actions towards 2100; understanding land and its contributions to climate; role and potential of observation systems; and enabling policies in key sectors and support for transitions.
The side event "Accelerating Climate Action Now: The Equinox Process and Its Contributions." held on 18 November at COP29 from 17:30-18:30 Baku time zone, 14:30-15:30 (CET) Spanish Pavilion will provide an opportunity to discuss the outcomes of the CNF in the context of the Equinox process and will feature among others Frank McGovern / Chief Climate Scientist, Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency, Vice Chair JPI Climate for Equinox, María J. Sanz / Basque Centre for Climate Change, Co-chair of JPI Climate Transdisciplinary Advisory Board and Natasha Lutz / Data co-lead at the Net Zero Tracker
