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The 2050 Pathways Platform co-hosted a high-level event with the Fiji Presidency to discuss progress on long-term pathways and ambition, featuring the Marshall Islands, Germany, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Laurence Tubiana, founder of the 2050 Pathways Platform.

by Amal-Lee Amin and Richard Baron

David Levaï (IDDRI) and Richard Baron (2050 Pathways Platform) encourage negotiators to think ‘beyond targets’ and to adopt a broader lens to look at climate ambition.

“Building Momentum”: 2050 Pathways Platform
New York Climate Week
Thursday 21 September 2017 – 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Instituto Cervantes, 211 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017, USA

Laurence Tubiana visited India in early September 2017 to attend the Business and Climate Summit and hold meetings to discuss the possibility for India to engage with the 2050 Pathways Platform.

The G20 countries have introduced a reference to the 2050 Pathways Platform in the G20 Climate and Energy Action Plan for Growth..

On 17th May 2017, during the Bonn UNFCCC Intersessional, the Pathways Platform held its first member meeting, after the Platform’s launch at COP22. The meeting was attended by nearly all members of the Platform as well as prospective members.

Partners to the 2050 Pathways platform met in Pocantico, New York, to discuss how to best support members in their endeavour to develop 2050 pathways. The meeting covered issues ranging from the need for a Handbook for 2050 pathways as well as developing a briefing to articulate with illustration the political case for development of 2050 pathways.

(Marrakech, 17 November 2016) – At the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP22), the High-Level Climate Champions, along with many countries, states, regions, cities and companies, have launched a new initiative, the “2050 pathways platform” aimed at supporting those seeking to devise long-term, net zero-greenhouse gas, climate-resilient and sustainable development pathways.