Excellencies, colleagues,

The Oriental Republic of Uruguay has the honour and privilege of delivering this statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.

Global impacts from climate change are being experienced now across all our group members. As the science informs us, the time has come to move decisively into an era of international cooperation and implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement.

We underscore that meaningful climate action must be tailored to the diverse national circumstances of developing countries and driven by scaled up means of implementation including finance, technology transfer, and capacity-building tailored to the diverse national circumstances. Further, we highlight the importance of upholding the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities, in light of different national circumstances, as enshrined in the Convention and Paris Agreement. These principles are not only foundational to the climate regime but are essential to ensuring that developing countries can effectively pursue sustainable development while advancing ambitious climate goals.

For developing countries, climate action cannot be decoupled from the broader context of poverty eradication, economic development and resilience, and sustainable development. Enhanced international support and predictable delivery of commitments are critical to enable transformative action on the ground.

It is of great relevance for scaling of climate action, to continue and strengthen the implementation by Annex I Parties in terms of their implementation of their commitments under the Convention with respect to mitigation and Annex II parties in terms of their obligations with respect to the provision of support to non-Annex-I developing countries.
 
The G77 and China is concerned with the insufficiency, inaccessibility and very low availability of climate finance, in accordance with developing countries needs and priorities This includes the trajectory as well as the lack of ambition from developed countries to provide and mobilize committed and pledged climate finance resources.

Additionally, inclusion and participation, effective engagement of developing countries is primary for us through transparent processes. A balanced approach is needed that supports both mitigation ambition and development priorities, and not impose prescriptive pathways.

Climate science plays a key role in climate action, addressing national circumstances.

The group reaffirms its commitment to multilateral cooperation as well as party-driven consensus-based progress across agenda items. We reaffirm our continued commitment to contribute to the ultimate objective of the Convention and the goals of the Paris Agreement including the temperature, holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre industrial levels on the basis of equity and the principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities in the light of different national circumstances.
 
We recognize the need for urgent progress on mitigation, with developed countries taking the lead, adaptation and loss and damage taking into account increasing impact of climate change in our countries, which requires the provision of support from developed countries and an enabling international economic system.

Thank you.