Ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC’s) 64th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) and 31st Conference of Parties (COP31), Parties face a critical opportunity to politically and strategically recalibrate the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP).

This submission on the Roadmap to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030 underscores the need for a designated implementing leader to take forward this target, highlighting the importance of strengthened international cooperation and alignment with the second global stocktake.

The COP30 Presidency Roadmap on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels should: (i) identify key international cooperative initiatives in the Global Climate Action Agenda that can support the development of the Roadmap and its implementation beyond COP31; (ii) use the Just Transition Work Programme’s key messages agreed at COP30 to identify differentiated options for implementation; and (iii) map systemic barriers and solutions supporting the transition, building on existing global climate action work.