Global South Climate Ambition: Challenges and Opportunities for Cooperation

This session will introduce the Global South Climate Ambition Observatory, presenting its objectives, methodology, and key findings on emissions profiles, climate risks, and climate commitments across 12 Global South countries: South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates.

Following a brief presentation of the Observatory, the session will open into an interactive conversation on the structural challenges and opportunities for cooperation in advancing climate ambition across the region.

Topics will include climate finance, technology transfer, access to information and data, and domestic political and institutional constraints. The event will prioritize an open exchange between participants and the audience, encouraging the sharing of experiences and perspectives on how knowledge cooperation and stronger connections among researchers, civil society, and other actors can support climate action in the Global South.