EU Climate Dialogues II builds on previous EU-funded initiatives, the EUCDs I and the "Support to the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPIPA)". The Action has a global scope but will target 26 major emitters and economies with regional influence and/or vulnerability features such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States and Vietnam.
It aims at decisive policy shifts delivering significant emission reductions and/or enhanced resilience to maximize the collective efforts towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. It contributes directly to the external dimension of the European Green Deal and the EU’s global climate diplomacy promoting better enabling environments, effective climate policies and ambitious climate and environmental standards in third countries. The Action aligns with the EU's Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy to address global climate-related risks. It supports the European Climate Law’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 and integrates with the European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plans to foster economic integration and political cooperation with neighbouring regions. And it is in line with the new EU Strategy Agenda for 2024-2029, reinforcing the commitment to fight climate change, and emphasizing the need to make a success of the climate transitions with leaving no one behind by creating and maintaining competitive markets, industries, and jobs for a net-zero future. By using tailormade demand-driven, strategic, thematic entry points for an engaging, results orientated, opportunity-driven dialogue with countries, it enables showcasing EU’s best practices and experiences for decarbonisation and resilience and seizing political partnership opportunities building.