In addition, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable 
Development, adopted in 2015 by UN member states, sets out 17 
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and seeks to align efforts 
globally to prioritise ending extreme poverty, protect the planet and 
promote more peaceful, prosperous and inclusive societies. If achieved, 
these agreements would reduce climate change, and the impacts on 
health, well-being, migration, and conﬂict, among others (very high 
conﬁdence). {WGII TS.A.1, WGII 7 ES} 
Since AR5, rising public awareness and an increasing diversity 
of actors, have overall helped accelerate political commitment 
and global efforts to address climate change (medium 
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conﬁdence). Mass social movements have emerged as catalysing 
agents in some regions, often building on prior movements including 
Indigenous Peoples-led movements, youth movements, human 
rights movements, gender activism, and climate litigation, which is 
raising awareness and, in some cases, has inﬂuenced the outcome 
and ambition of climate governance (medium conﬁdence). Engaging 
Indigenous Peoples and local communities using just-transition and 
rights-based decision-making approaches, implemented through 
collective and participatory decision-making processes has enabled 
deeper ambition and accelerated action in different ways, and at all 
scales, depending on national circumstances (medium conﬁdence). 
The media helps shape the public discourse about climate change. This 
can usefully build public support to accelerate climate action (medium 
evidence, high agreement). In some instances, public discourses of 
media and organised counter movements have impeded climate 
action, exacerbating helplessness and disinformation and fuelling 
polarisation, with negative implications for climate action (medium 
conﬁdence).