Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom have agreed to work together to build and contribute to diverse, secure, and sustainable supply chains that can power the world with clean energy.
A joint statement by Australian Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, Canadian Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature Julia Dabrusin, and United Kingdom Minister for Climate Katie White said, “Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom recognise the immediacy with which we must act to secure a clean energy future, following a prolonged period of global disruptions to energy security, markets and supply chains.
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“We affirm that accelerating the clean energy transition, and shifting from fossil fuels to clean electricity, will greatly reduce exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets and improve long-term energy supply resilience, affordability, and economic competitiveness. Accelerating the deployment of clean energy also has tangible health and safety benefits, reducing respiratory illness and the need for public resources to treat them.”
The three nations have committed to working collaboratively on building diverse supply chains for the energy transition, including critical minerals, technologies, and components required for grid flexibility, reliability and resilience.
In light of this, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed to join a new global electrification initiative called Electrify Now, launched as part of London Climate Action Week. Electrification, in tandem with scaling clean electricity supply, modernising grids, and enhancing energy storage and grid flexibility, is the best way to ensure system reliability and resilience.
“In this spirit, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom reiterate our commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and to the goals of the Paris Agreement, a decade on from its entry into force. As we live through the hottest decade in human history and extreme weather events hit harder and more often, we reaffirm our commitment to global efforts to keep 1.5 degrees within reach,” the statement read.
“We recognise that the impacts of climate change are spread disproportionately across the world and are acutely aware that not all countries have access to the resources they need to speed up their energy transitions. Many frontline nations are rightly focused on resilience and adaptation. Getting finance to flow where it is needed is crucial.
“To overcome these challenges, the world must work more closely together, not further apart.
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“Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom remain firmly committed to our emissions reduction goals, climate financing commitments, and capability building support, in collaboration with specialist organisations like the NDC Partnership. We call upon all nations to join us in delivering on their commitments under the Paris Agreement, including the lodgement of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the lead up to COP31.”
The 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, also known as COP31, is the upcoming 31st session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Turkey from 9-20 November, 2026.
