While the proliferation of net-zero targets represents progress toward reaching our global climate goals, targets vary enormously in quality. This report proposes four governance tools to steer net-zero targets toward higher integrity.

Cooperative Climate Action in the Decisive Decade

Driving a systems approach for sector-wide cooperative climate action after COP26

This document reflects a common vision for the ‘ecosystem’ of global climate action, through the lens of what it will take to transform every sector of the global economy in a timeframe that meets the highest ambition of the Paris Agreement in delivering a climate resilient, net zero and nature positive future. This vision articulates what the necessary level of cooperation and coordination within the ecosystem entails, and how the multitude of actors that comprise it can work together to realize its full potential in this decisive decade and beyond. This document reflects the innovations that have already occurred within the climate action field, identifies strategic opportunities on the horizon, and describes how the landscape is evolving to advance the goals of the Paris Agreement.