High Ambition Coalition

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The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) is an informal group of approximately 61 countries[1] within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) committed to advancing progressive proposals on climate ambition. The HAC was founded by the Republic of the Marshall Islands in 2014 with the aim of ensuring the Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015, was as ambitious as possible. The group succeeded in securing the Paris Agreement's most ambitious provisions, including the five year ratchet-up cycles of nationally-determined contributions, as well as language in Article 2 related to pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.[citation needed] The Republic of the Marshall Islands serves as the convener and secretariat of the HAC.

There is no official list of the group's members, but as of 2021, in addition to the European Union, countries in the HAC include Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Fiji, Jamaica, New Zealand, Mexico, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Saint Lucia, and the United States among others.[2][3][4]

The Coalition is currently chaired by Marshallese climate envoy Tina Stege.[5]

Criticism[]

Criticism has focused on the name compared to the pledges made by the countries[6] and on the fact that as of 2019, many of the listed countries are not well on track to achieving the general Paris agreement goals.[7]

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  1. ^ "Belgium joins international coalition against biodiversity loss". www.brusselstimes.com/. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021. Belgium has joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC), an intergovernmental group of 60 countries co-chaired by Costa Rica and France and by the United Kingdom as Ocean co-chair, with the goal of protecting at least 30 percent of the world’s land and ocean by 2030.
  2. ^ Mohan, Vishwa (14 December 2018). "EU, 27 countries to raise emission reduction targets by 2020". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. ^ CABUZEL, Thierry (12 December 2018). "COP24: EU and allies in breakthrough agreement to step up ambition". Climate Action – European Commission. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  4. ^ Harvey, Fiona (2 November 2021). "US rejoins coalition to achieve 1.5C goal at UN climate talks". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Is this our last chance to act on the climate crisis?". the Guardian. 30 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  6. ^ "High ambition coalition! Are you joking?". www.downtoearth.org.in. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Countries | Climate Action Tracker". climateactiontracker.org. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2019.


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