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The Culture Global Stocktake for Climate Action is a global, participatory process to assess how culture is already contributing to climate action ﹣and how it could do much more.
In UN climate terms, a Global Stocktake is how the world collectively checks progress on the Paris Agreement. The first Global Stocktake concluded at COP28. But there’s a major gap: culture is still largely absent from climate policy frameworks, despite shaping values, behaviors, narratives, and systems of care.
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The Culture Global Stocktake responds to this blind spot by asking:
Where is culture already accelerating climate action?
Where is it being overlooked, underfunded, or excluded?
What evidence, policies, and frameworks are needed to embed culture into climate mitigation, adaptation, and equity?
The outcome will be the first-ever Culture Global Stocktake for Climate Action: a consensus-based policy document assessing impacts, gaps, opportunities, and concrete pathways for integrating culture into UNFCCC processes﹣including future Global Stocktakes.
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Get involved by attending one our upcoming public consultation sessions.
Public Consultation: A Culture Global Stocktake for Climate Action
Option A - February 25th at 9am-10:30am CET
Public Consultation: A Culture Global Stocktake for Climate Action
Option B - February 26th at 6pm-7:30pm CET
You can also host your own consultation. Find further information about doing this below.
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Consultations are a core pillar of a global, participatory process to assess how culture, cultural heritage, and the creative industries are contributing to climate action. Organizers and practitioners are encouraged to collectively assess how the role of culture can be strengthened within UNFCCC processes, including Decision 19/CMA.1: Modalities of the Global Stocktake, the Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE), or the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) (CMA.7).
A Culture Global Stocktake Consultation is a self-organized, facilitated dialogue that gathers:
Evidence, recommendations, and perspectives from cultural practitioners and/or their affiliations/organizations
Policy-relevant insights aligned with UNFCCC processes and language
Proposed findings, sectoral best practices, or draft statements
Existing organizational processes and/or internal policy positions
You can access comprehensive guidelines on hosting your own consultation on this page.
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The Culture Global Stocktake is a decentralized process spearheaded by the Entertainment + Culture Pavilion with funding from the Youth Climate Justice Fund.
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Do you want to host your own consultation? Do you have funding or resources to contribute to the initiative?
Contact info@cultureglobalstocktake.org
⏰ Timeline and key policy milestones
1) Initial consultation phase
First public consultations taking place in February 25th and 26th followed by self-organized consultations globally.
3) refining sb64 bonn version
Following the release of Draft 1.0, we will host a second round of consultations to refine the text ahead of the SB64 Bonn Climate Change Intersessionals.
2) delivery of the first draft
In late March, we will convene 50 regional and international delegates at the Marrakech Partnership Accelerator
Together, we will deliver the 1st draft of the CGST which will be made publicly available before the end of the month.
4) road to antalya, cop31
Our goal is to secure tangible policy shifts in Turkey and position culture clearly within the pathway toward GST-2 at COP33.