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Over the past fifteen years, business and other entities have increasingly partnered with the United
Nations and have actively helped in achieving its goals. These partnerships, which complement
government action, allow the United Nations to access new knowledge, expertise, financing and broad
reach – resources that are often critical to advancing its work.
The central role of the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the
Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement is to support Parties and non-Party stakeholders in
implementing the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement and in enhancing climate
action towards 2020 and beyond. The scale of the responsibilities arising from the implementation of
the Paris Agreement matches the magnitude of opportunity for the secretariat to establish new
partnerships to act on climate change.
Partner support significantly enhances the work of the secretariat as partnerships offer key
resources such as knowledge, expertise, financing, access and outreach that accelerate progress
towards UN goals. In recognition of the powerful potential of partnerships, the UNFCCC secretariat
welcomes the opportunity to engage and collaborate with all stakeholders to achieve the aims and
ambitions of the Paris Agreement, Convention and Kyoto Protocol. In this regard, the Marrakech
partnership for Global Climate Action is particularly designed to structure and enhance coherence of
the activities of the various coalitions, initiatives and organizations with a view to mobilizing
climate action up to 2020 by Parties and non-Party stakeholders.
The UNFCCC secretariat looks forward to a meaningful collaboration and invites prospective partners
to refer to the  UNFCCC Partnership guidelines as well as the potential opportunities for partnerships
listed below.
As indicated in the UNFCCC Partnership guidelines, cooperation with the secretariat excludes any role
of the partner in the secretariat’s governance or decision-making processes or any right to
influence its policies. Partnerships should maintain the integrity, independence and
impartiality of the secretariat and its partners. Partnerships are not for the purpose of
establishing a commercial relationship or for commercial or private gain. In selecting its
partners, the secretariat shall respect the process of due diligence, set out in the annex to the
Partnership guidelines, which includes the application of eligibility and exclusionary
criteria.
As also indicated in the UNFCCC Partnership guidelines, a partnership will be formalized through a
partnership agreement, which, inter alia, requires parties to the agreement to carry out their
responsibilities and obligations under the agreement in accordance with their respective regulations,
rules, policies and procedures, and decisions of their governing bodies.
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Everyone is
invited to collaborate with the secretariat to help boost carbon markets worldwide
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UN Climate Change Conference - All stakeholders are invited to engage for success
