Activating Ambition Loops
When businesses, cities, states, regions and civil society raise climate ambition, governments respond.
When businesses, cities, states, regions and civil society raise climate ambition, governments respond.
Climate action thrives on momentum. When businesses, investors, people and communities lead, governments respond – scaling policies that drive even greater action. In turn, these clear policy signals empower these non-State actors to go even further – unlocking bolder commitments, stronger investments, and faster implementation.
What are ambition loops — and how do they accelerate climate action?
Ambition Loops are a cycle of mutual reinforcement between non-State actors and governments that drives faster climate progress. This is how it works:
Non-State actors lead – Businesses, cities, and financial institutions and communities take bold action, demonstrating that ambitious climate policies are possible and beneficial.
Governments respond – Seeing strong leadership from non-State actors, governments increase their own ambition, creating enabling policies and incentives.
Momentum builds – As policies improve, non-State actors go further, accelerating the transition to a cleaner, fairer & healthier economy.
National Climate Plans
National climate plans are the cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, outlining each country’s commitments to reducing emissions and building resilience. They include Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs).
Newly submitted NDCs are an opportunity to align national policies with the urgency of the climate crisis. They must have clear, ambitious, and investable plans that drive systemic transformations across economies and societies. Stronger policies, backed by real-world action and financial commitments, are essential to accelerating implementation at the speed and scale required.
Leaders across all levels of society and sectors of the economy are rallying to call for high ambition and accelerated implementation - and are offering their leadership, capital, and insights to national governments in this critical task. Businesses, financiers, subnational governments, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and all parts of civil society are helping to tip the balance on the transition towards a net zero, nature-positive, equitable, inclusive and climate resilient future.
11 November 2025 2025 Yearbook of Global Climate Action
The Yearbook of Global Climate Action 2025 reveals a decisive shift from promises to delivery
Showing how cities, regions, businesses, investors and communities are driving climate action implementation at scale, across each of the axes of the Action Agenda. The Yearbook also highlights that significant gaps persist, underscoring the need to accelerate implementation in line with the Global Stocktake – the UN’s official report card on climate progress.
25 September 2024 Whole-of-Society rallies to support strong national climate plans
This report showcases how Enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are needed in the coming year.
Leaders across all levels of society and sectors of the economy are rallying to call for high ambition and accelerated implementation – and are offering their leadership, capital, and insights to national governments in this critical task.
04 December 2023 2030 Climate Solutions: An implementation roadmap
To support the first Global Stocktake, the High Level Champions and the Marrakech Partnership have compiled a set of solutions framed in specific actions that need to be scaled up and replicated to catalyze our race to a net zero emissions and resilient world.
25 September 2024 Catalysing climate action: The role of professional service providers in realizing a net-zero future
This report explores the increasing attention that is being paid to the role of how Professional Service Providers (PSP) can help accelerate the transition to net zero emissions.
