International platforms can advance cooperation for climate action
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<p>Explore how international cooperation at Climate Action Week is paving the way for effective climate action and what South Africa's role is in this global dialogue.</p>
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<p>At a time when the impacts of the <a href="https://businessreport.co.za/search/?query=climate%20crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">climate crisis</a> are already being felt worldwide, we keep returning to one question: What makes collective action possible? </p>
<p>This week, multiple role players in the climate discourse descended on London for Climate Action Week (LCAW) an open and inclusive platform for action and one of the world’s largest independent climate events, it brings together more than 75,000 people across more than 1,000 events. </p>
<p>LCAW is a notable event in the climate calendar where climate action happens between COPs, where the UN Global Climate Action Agenda comes alive in cities and communities, and where the international climate community gathers to build the cooperation for progress and action.</p>
<p>It is precisely at this intersection that South Africa and Africa are at London Climate Action Week alongside partners, movements, community organizations, funders, and networks from the Global South. </p>
<p>Our participation is about contributing to conversations about the power of collaboration. </p>
<p>We will, with good intent, engage people and institutions that have been building the foundations of emerging international ecosystem at the intersection of climate policy, action, and finance — an agenda that is gaining momentum as the understanding that there will be no action without finance.</p>
