Climate councils: Aligning international climate architecture with national climate plans

​Strong climate governance will be critical to ensure the successful implementation, measurement, and evaluation of the third round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), so that we can collectively prevent the worst impacts of climate change and adapt to those that are unavoidable.  

​This conversation, held among climate council leaders from around the world, will explore the varying roles that councils play in advising on NDCs, NAPs, BTRs, and other forms of national climate policies and plans. We will assess opportunities to strengthen these processes – including through the launch of ICCN regional hubs - with the aim of ensuring that national climate plans are science-based, inclusive, just, and aligned with the UNFCCC and IPCC processes.  

​Speakers to include:

• ​Catherine Abreu, Director, International Climate Politics Hub (ICPH) and Member, Canadian Net-Zero Advisory Body

• ​Jean-François Soussana, Chair, French High Council on Climate (Haut conseil pour le climat)

• ​Jean Ometto, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and Vice-Chair, Brazilian Scientific Advisory Chamber

• ​David Gibson, Chair, Vanuatu’s National Advisory Board for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAB) and Director General, Ministry of Climate Change Vanuatu

• ​Amanda McKee, Director for Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership

​​The International Climate Councils Network supports and amplifies the work of a growing network of climate councils: 28 expert bodies officially mandated to advise their governments on climate policy.