About the Breakthrough Agenda

The Breakthrough Agenda was launched at COP26 to help the world close the “collaboration gap” and accelerate international action on climate change to meet the Paris Agreement’s global net zero targets. It convenes initiatives and countries to strengthen international collaboration to make clean technologies and sustainable solutions the most affordable, accessible and attractive option in key sectors and in all regions by 2030. 

The Breakthrough Agenda provides a framework for countries, businesses and civil society to join up and strengthen collaborative actions every year in major emitting sectors, and a service to support coalitions of leading public, private, and public-private global initiatives to deliver those actions. 

Since its launch, the Breakthrough Agenda has established an internationally-recognised, annual, COP- centred, collaborative process – backed by 59 countries covering over 80% of global GDP, and more than 150 international initiatives – that enhances global cooperation in seven major emitting sectors: power, road transport, steel, hydrogen, agriculture, buildings, and cement and concrete, covering over 60% of global emissions. 

The 59 Countries:

What is the purpose of the Breakthrough Agenda?

The Breakthrough Agenda process coordinates, prioritises, and enhances global cooperation to make clean technologies affordable and accessible in all regions by 2030.

Facilitates coordination between initiatives and governments in each sector to review collective efforts from COP to COP, align progress on priority actions, and make recommendations on how to plug gaps.

Based on independent advice, building consensus amongst leading governments and the private sector on the top priority actions needed internationally in each sector to accelerate clean technology and sectoral transitions every year.

Convenes decision-makers to crowd in efforts through an annual cycle of tracking global progress and strengthening climate governance and accountability.

The annual breakthrough agenda cycle

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Mapping the landscape of international collaboration initiatives and activities in each sector.

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Strategic review of progress and priorities in each sector transition.

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Identifying the most urgent opportunities to strengthen international collaboration.

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Reviewing and developing priority actions, above and beyond current collaborative actions.

5.

Launch action plans in response to the Report recommendations at COP.

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Countries strengthen and prioritise international collaboration to deliver actions via existing initiatives.

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Working through the Breakthrough Agenda, partners can help accelerate clean technology transitions in each sector by strengthening international collaboration, cooperation and coordination. Together this will enable us to realise the opportunities of working together: faster innovation, greater economies of scale, bigger incentives to invest, and level playing fields where needed.

The Breakthrough Agenda enhances global cooperation in seven major emitting sectors: power, road transport, steel, hydrogen, agriculture, buildings, and cement and concrete.