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United Nations FCCC/PA/CMA/2019/L.4
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15 December 2019
Original: English
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of
the Parties to the Paris Agreement
Second session
Madrid, 2–13 December 2019
Agenda item 14
Other matters
Chile Madrid Time for Action
Proposal by the President
Draft decision -/CMA.2
Chile Madrid Time for Action
The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris
Agreement,
Acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties
should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their
respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples,
local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable
situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women
and intergenerational equity,
Recalling Article 2, paragraph 2, Article 3 and Article 4, paragraph 3, of the Paris
Agreement,
Encouraging Parties to use the opportunity in 2020 to reflect the highest possible
ambition in response to the urgency of addressing climate change and with a view to
achieving the long-term goals set out in Article 2 and Article 7, paragraph 1, of the Paris
Agreement,
Recalling decision 3/CMA.1,
1. Welcomes decision -/CP.25;1
2. Notes with concern the state of the global climate system;
3. Recognizes that action taken to address climate change is most effective if it is based
on best available science and continually re-evaluated in the light of new findings;
4. Acknowledges the growing urgency of enhancing ambition and responding to the
threat of climate change;
1 The overarching decision titled “Chile Madrid Time for Action”, proposed for adoption by the
Conference of the Parties at its twenty-fifth session.
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5. Re-emphasizes with serious concern the urgent need to address the significant gap
between the aggregate effect of Parties’ mitigation efforts in terms of global annual emissions
of greenhouse gases by 2020 and aggregate emission pathways consistent with holding the
increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and
pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels;
6. Recalls that each Party’s successive nationally determined contribution will represent
a progression beyond the Party’s then current nationally determined contribution and reflect
its highest possible ambition, reflecting its common but differentiated responsibilities and
respective capabilities, in the light of different national circumstances;
7. Also recalls the request to Parties contained in decision 1/CP.21, paragraphs 23–24,
and urges Parties to consider the gap referred to in paragraph 5 above with a view to reflecting
their highest possible ambition when responding to this request;
8. Reminds Parties that have not yet communicated their nationally determined
contributions pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 2, and decision 1/CP.21, paragraph 22, to do
so;
9. Reiterates its strong encouragement to Parties to provide the information necessary
for clarity, transparency and understanding of nationally determined contributions, described
in the annex to decision 4/CMA.1;
10. Recalls the request in paragraph 25 of decision 1/CP.21 to the secretariat to prepare a
synthesis report, and requests the secretariat to make this report available to the Conference
of the Parties at its twenty-sixth session (November 2020);
11. Reiterates the invitation to Parties to communicate to the secretariat, by 2020, mid-
century long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies in accordance with
Article 4, paragraph 19, of the Paris Agreement;2
12. Encourages Parties to submit their first adaptation communication as soon as possible,
in accordance with decision 9/CMA.1, so as to provide timely input to the first global
stocktake;
13. Calls on Parties to engage in adaptation planning processes and the implementation
of actions, including the development or enhancement of relevant plans, policies and/or
contributions in accordance with Article 7, paragraph 9, of the Paris Agreement, with a view
to continue making progress towards the global goal on adaptation of enhancing adaptive
capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change;
14. Requests the Adaptation Committee to consider approaches to reviewing the overall
progress made in achieving the global goal on adaptation and to reflect the outcome of this
consideration in its 2021 annual report;
15. Underlines the importance of implementing commitments under the Paris Agreement
related to finance, technology transfer and capacity-building to address the mitigation and
adaptation needs and priorities of developing countries;
16. Urges developed country Parties to provide financial resources to assist developing
country Parties with respect to both mitigation and adaptation, in continuation of their
existing obligations under the Convention, and encourages other Parties to provide or
continue to provide such support voluntarily;
17. Recalls that the provision of scaled-up financial resources should aim to achieve a
balance between adaptation and mitigation, taking into account country-driven strategies, and
the priorities and needs of developing country Parties, especially those that are particularly
vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and have significant capacity constraints,
such as the least developed countries and small island developing States, considering the need
for public and grant-based resources for adaptation;
18. Takes note of the estimated budgetary implications of the activities to be undertaken
by the secretariat referred to in paragraph 10 above;
2 Decision 1/CP.21, para. 35.
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19. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision be undertaken
subject to the availability of financial resources.
