​Three weeks ahead UN's Climate Change Conference in Katowice, the CoR reiterates the need for local and regional governments to have a formal role in the new global climate governance and defends an obligation for the Parties of the Paris agreement to involve cities and regions in their greenhouse gas emission reduction plans.

During the debate about COP24 which took place in the ENVE commission meeting, Andrew Cooper rapporteur of the opinion on  Climate Governance after 2020, adopted in July 2018 said: "We need to step up and raise our levels of ambition if we want to reverse global warming. I therefore welcome the European Parliament new target of reducing emissions by 55% by 2030". Kirklees Councillor added: "We reiterate our call for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to include an aggregation of Regionally and Locally Determined Contributions (RLDCs) so to formally acknowledge and count the commitments and achievements of sub-national governments in reducing GHG emissions".

During the ENVE meeting members adopted opinions on the 8th Environment Action Programme, water reuse and space policy.