The centre-right climate action declaration
The centre-right climate action declaration is a commitment to ambitious, market-friendly climate action by conservatives, Christian democrats, classical liberals and free marketeers from across the world. This declaration has been signed by more than 350 legislators from over 40 countries.
For too long, the climate change debate has been dominated by the left, but we urgently need to bring together and amplify the voices and solutions of the global centre-right if we are to limit temperature rises and avoid the worst effects of global warming.
Every country will decide its own policies to tackle climate change, but this declaration sets out a clear commitment to ambitious action and puts forward an optimistic, pro-market approach to guide the centre-right in reducing emissions, taking people with us, and growing the economy.
Read the declaration below
We all depend on the environment, and the environment depends on us. Without a stable climate, our economies will suffer and global security will be at risk. Humanity’s activities are driving climate change with damaging consequences for people and the natural world. By reducing - and ultimately eliminating - net greenhouse gas emissions, we will avert greater damage still and build a cleaner and more prosperous future with more jobs, greater security, and a healthier natural environment.
We know that we must collectively do much more to combat the threat of climate change at the speed and scale required to achieve this. We have a duty to act urgently to cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, to unlock climate finance for developing countries, and to achieve net zero global emissions by the middle of this century. We must do this in a way that boosts growth and job opportunities in our own communities, and that spreads prosperity and alleviates poverty across the world.
We will not achieve these aims by harming the economy or through an exclusively state-led approach. We need to harness the expertise and creativity of businesses and entrepreneurs and mobilise them as our allies in this endeavour. We must unleash the power of climate-friendly free markets, private finance, and free trade to drive down costs, spark innovation, and create incentives for responsible businesses and individuals to take up technological and nature-based solutions to climate change.
It is the duty of our generation to provide these pragmatic but ambitious solutions and to work together to combat the threat of climate change in our local communities, our nations, and across the world. We will use our political power and influence to meet this challenge and protect and enhance both the environment and the economy now and for the benefit of those who come after us.
This declaration has been signed by members of the following parties
A full list of signatories can be found here.
Albania
Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë
Argentina
Propuesta Republicana (PRO)
Australia
Liberal Party of Australia
National Party of Australia
Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) (BNP)
Bermuda
One Bermuda Alliance
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Партија демократског прогреса (Partija demokratskog progresa) (PDP)
Независни блок (Nezavisni blok) (NB)
Brazil
Democratas (DEM)
Chile
Evolución Política (Evopoli)
Renovación Nacional (RN)
Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI)
Colombia
Centro Democrático
Partido Conservador
Costa Rica
Partido Republicano Social Cristiano
Côte d’Ivoire
Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire — Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (PDCI-RDA)
Denmark
Det Konservative Folkeparti (DKF)
Dominican Republic
Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC)
Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano (PQDC)
Ecuador
Partido Social Cristiano
Bancada del Acuerdo Nacional (BAN)
El Salvador
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA)
France
Agir Ensemble
Georgia
ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა (United National Movement)
Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU)
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU)
Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP)
Grenada
New National Party
Guatemala
Partido Unionista
Honduras
Partido Nacional de Honduras
Iceland
Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn, Independece Party
India
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Israel
הליכוד (Likud)
Italy
Fratelli D’Italia
Lithuania
Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai (Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats)
Madagascar
Tiako I Madagasikara
Independents
Malawi
The People’s Party
Maldives
ދިވެހިރައްޔިތުންގެ ޑިމޮކްރެޓިކް ޕާޓީ (Maldivan Democratic Party)
Moldova
Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate (PAS)
Mongolia
Ардчилсан Нам (Democratic Party)
Montenegro
Демократска Црна Гора (Democratic Montenegro)
Morocco
حزب الاستقلال , Istiqlal Party, Parti de l'Istiqlal
Mozambique
Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (RENAMO)
Namibia
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM)
New Zealand
New Zealand National Party
North Macedonia
VMRO-DPMNE (Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација - Демократска партија за македонско национално единство)
Norway
Høyre
Panama
Cambio Democrático
Paraguay
Asociación Nacional Republicana – Partido Colorado
Peru
Fuerza Popular
South Africa
Democratic Alliance
Spain
Partido Popular
Sweden
Moderata samlingspartiet (Moderate Party)
Taiwan Republic of China
中國國民黨 Kuomintang (KMT)
Tanzania
Chadema
Uganda
Chama cha Kidemokrasia ( Democratic Party)
Jukwaa la Mabadiliko ya Kidemokrasia (Forum for Democratic Change)
United Kingdom
Conservative Party