Blow to the Earth! UN announces that its ‘climate action meetings’ in Caribbean, Africa, Asia & Middle East are ‘postponed’ & ‘virtual’ meetings sought instead

Regional Climate Weeks (RCWs) inspire individuals and organizations to become part of the momentum created by the global climate agreement in Paris. It is a unique collaborative platform where both governments and non-governmental organizations stakeholders gather to address the gamut of relevant climate issues under one umbrella.

Bringing together diverse stakeholders in the public and private sectors around a common goal of addressing climate change, is the main goal of the RCWs.

The RCWs include series of events that provide space for a grassroots exchange of knowledge and best practices across the region on: Implementation of  Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Global Climate Action (GCA).

Every year the RCWs are held in the following regions: Africa, Latin-America and Caribbean, and Asia-Pacific. As of 2020, a RCWs was also to be convened in the Middle East and Northern African region.

Originally planned Regional Climate Weeks in 2020:

• Africa Climate Week 2020 (ACW2020), Kampala – Uganda
• Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2020 (LACCW2020), Santo Domingo – Dominican Republic, 6-10 July 2020
• Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2020 (APCW2020), Yokohama – Japan, 24-28 August 2020
• Middle East and North Africa Climate Week 2020 (MENACW2020) – Dubai – United Arab Emirates, 6-10 December 2020

In 2019, the RCWs served as critical stepping-stones to the UN Climate Action Summit hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York in September. Click on the respective event of interest to view the report: Africa (ACW), Latin America and the Caribbean (LACCW) and Asia-Pacific (APCW). The video below is a compilation of all three events held in 2019.