The following statement was delivered during Just Transition Work Programme negotiations on June 11 2026 on behalf of the ENGO-DCJ and ENGO-CAN constituencies during the 64th meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):

Thank you chair, and for this opportunity to share our views on the development of the Just Transition mechanism. 

I’m Camila Mercure, from FARN Argentina, a member of CAN, speaking on behalf of CAN and the Demand Climate Justice Campaign (DCJ). 

You all know by now how much of a priority getting this mechanism right for us is.

A couple of reactions first Chair, thanking so many Parties for interesting ideas on what could be introduced as functions and modalities.

Yesterday, some Parties argued that discussion on the JT Mechanism would be premature without concluding the mapping exercise. The mapping is an input to the review of the JTWP and not the mechanism. If anything, as Brazil pointed out, this early version of the mapping shows the necessity of a mechanism that builds a thread across all those initiatives, grows financial and technical support for JT strategies and ensures that JT practitioners on the ground have a say on how these initiatives contribute to just transition. 

Also Chair, for the past two years, we have made clear that we can’t do Just Transition with dialogues and reports. New institutions connecting the Paris Agreement to Just Transition are needed so that we can fulfil the purpose agreed at COP30. And while we are flexible on their final shape, we can’t accept attempts to bring us back to square zero on the operationalisation of JT.  

We consider that the COP30 decision has given us an initial scope to be covered by JT work in the UNFCCC with important language on rights, inclusion, economic and social justice, finance, among others, as a means to achieve all the goals of the Paris Agreement and GST decisions. 

It’s the functions and modalities that we should engage on.

Now, let us introduce some of our ideas on the mechanism. 

It will be clear from our proposals that climate finance and support are a key feature of the mechanism, as these aspects are detailed clearly in the COP30 decision that frames our conversation. 

When it comes to enhancing international cooperation, technical assistance & capacity building and knowledge sharing, the BAM should:

•  …facilitate support to countries, matchmaking between strategies/projects and funders, and work to  mobilise and channel additional, grant-based, non-debt-inducing finance, technical capacity and technology transfer, particularly for developing countries. 
• …develop guidelines on accountability of means of implementation (MOI) for all actors, especially from developed countries, financing Just Transition.
• …link with the UNFCCC Financial Mechanism, Green Climate Fund, Adaptation Fund, and relevant UN bodies.
• …deploy support for all aspects of JT delivery, including planning development, rightholders’ involvement, capacity, implementation and strengthening how just transitions are reflected in national and subnational climate planning (e.g. in NDCs, NAPs, LTS or other planning instruments). 
• …organise dialogues and conversations in-between sessions on available knowledge and best practices, synthesise work to date, identify gaps and develop original content to guide discussions. 
• …develop practical guidance on approaches, methodologies and policy tools to advance JT implementation at the national level.
• …support project preparation and access to climate finance mechanisms and just transition technology assessments and planning.

Under enabling equitable, inclusive just transitions, we could see the following as functions:

• Operationalise principles and standards of CBRD-RC and guaranteeing voice and seats for those impacted.
• Monitor progress and challenges to implement JT decisions – Identify gaps, take stock on progress of JT actions/MOI.
• Address global structural constraints to Just Transition as outlined in COP30 decision, based on countries’ JT experiences (e.g. debt, fiscal space, barriers to tech access) as well as other dimensions of just transition yet to be addressed here (e.g. transition minerals, food systems, etc.)

Governance arrangements

For these functions to be performed, it is very important that the COP31 decision agrees on key aspects of the governance of the JT mechanism: 

• An executive, representative body with meaningful inclusion of non- Party rightholders, meeting regularly to organise and create all the necessary spaces for the work to be undertaken under the mechanism.
• An open assembly or global community of practitioners, acting upon all functions, enabling all those active on the ground to contribute to the BAM and giving inputs on what is needed from the JTM. 
• A short-lived transitional body between COP31 and COP32 could be set up to speed up the development of modalities for each of these bodies. 

Thank you Chair.