With Climate Week NY and the news of man and celebs taking to the streets now fading away, you might be wondering what – if anything- was achieved. Were any decisions or commitments made?

The answer is a resounding ‘yes’, and here they are summarised in eight key areas:

Food Security – the establishment of a Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, to improve people’s food and nutrition security.

Cities – Amongst other things, more than 200 cities committed to reducing emissions by 454 Megatonnes by 2020.

Energy – The launch of a public-private partnership to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.

Finance – pledges of public and private financing for low carbon and climate resilient pathways.

Pricing Carbon – A call on companies to apply the Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing.

Forests – the NY declaration on Forests, pledging to end the loss of forests by 2030.

Oil & Gas – Commitments from industry and government to cut methane emissions.

Resilience – A variety of initiatives to support the worlds most vulnerable countries.

Transportation – The launch of four global alliances to scale up proven low-carbon transport tech.

Full details of all announcements can be found here. For what they ultimately will achieve – follow this blog 🙂