Climate finance was the main topic during the United Nations’ annual midyear climate talks, in which strong differences between countries made it difficult to achieve the progress needed on the way to COP 29. Inconclusive negotiations to advance other aspects of the Paris Agreement also highlighted tensions between the global south and north.
From June 3 to June 13, U.N. member states met in Bonn, Germany, to move forward on the technical aspects of the political decisions that must be made at the next U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP 29, in November in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Considered key for an ambitious implementation of the Paris Agreement, this iteration of the Bonn Climate Change Conference extended to negotiations on a range of other aspects, including emissions reduction plans and carbon markets.