Costa Rica and the Netherlands to Become NDC Partnership Co-Chairs in 2019 and 2020 - Seite 2

Moroccan State Secretary Dr. Nezha El Ouafi stated, "COP22 opened as the COP of Action kickstarting the implementation of the Paris Agreement, and I cannot think of a better way to demonstrate implementation and cooperation between parties than this Partnership. In fact, one of the greatest achievements during COP22 was the launch of the NDC Partnership as an open and transparent platform, not only to facilitate NDC implementation, but also to strengthen the momentum of trust built around the Paris Agreement, and adopt an inclusive dialogue with international institutions and non-state actors. Today, there is significant progress as we moved from a membership of 40 initial members, to over 100 members. This is by itself an indicator of the Partnership's success and demonstrates its priority. It has been a great honor and privilege to co-chair the NDC Partnership together with Germany, and Morocco stands ready to work with Costa Rica and the Netherlands as new Co-Chairs."

Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag and Costa Rican Minister for Environment and Energy Carlos Manuel Rodríguez were in attendance to accept the positions which run from 2019 to the end of 2020.

Costa Rica Minister Carlos Manuel Rodríguez stated, "The transformational change that we need to decarbonize our economies and to generate resilience requires a systematic and articulated approach. Only through a new way of multilevel multilateralism that allows countries, cities, companies and citizens to engage in climate action we, as a global community, will be able to achieve the Paris goals. The NDC Partnership is that, an alliance that allow us to innovate, collaborate, co-create and learn from each other to catalyze climate actions. We are honored and enthusiastic to co-chair the Steering Committee with the Netherlands, and very grateful to Morocco and Germany for their successes and previous guidance."         

Dutch Minister Sigrid Kaag said, "Under the leadership of Germany and Morocco, the NDC Partnership has grown rapidly and is showing good progress. We are now already engaged in 38 countries. In the next two years, I want to focus on mobilizing the required finance and to enable implementation of the climate action plans and investment plans. This is a collective effort. I look forward to working with Costa Rica to show the world that the Paris Agreement is attainable."