Lessons from COP25

That the Parliament notes the conclusion of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP25, which was held in Madrid; believes that COP25 failed to make progress on some key issues within the Paris Agreement, including on finance for loss and damage for developing countries already hit by climate change, or on long-term climate finance; stands in solidarity with representatives from countries most impacted by climate change and civic society who were temporarily ejected from COP25; considers that voices from the Global South, Indigenous Peoples and climate justice advocates, rather than those of richer nations and those multi-national companies that are failing to address the climate emergency, must be at the heart of climate negotiations; looks forward to the next UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, which is being held in Glasgow in 2020; is concerned that COP26 will be the fourth such meeting in a row to be held in Europe; calls on the Scottish and UK Governments to proactively support people from the Global South and those most affected by climate change to attend and be heard at the conference, and believes that Scotland must use the next year to further strengthen climate action ahead of COP26.