Bonn Climate Summit: A Key Test Ahead of UN Meet

The Bonn Climate Change Conference, the meeting that serves as a midway point between the larger annual UN Climate Change meeting (COP30), is set to open on Monday and will continue until June 26.

- Jayashree Nandi

NEW DELHI:

The Bonn meeting is critical to thrash out differences before the parties meet in November for a climate deal, which will take place amid severe geopolitical turmoil and renewed tensions as Israel strikes Iran. The shadow of failed climate finance talks at COP29, Baku, also shrouds these meetings. There are divergent views on the Baku to Belem roadmap to 1.3T, which is expected to be finalized at COP30 in Brazil this November.

For example, according to an analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), G77 and China demand that equity and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) must be at the core of climate finance, and developing countries must be allowed to use self-determined pathways to access finance; the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC), another coalition of developing nations, has sought the exclusion of international taxes, levies, and debt approaches as they violate sovereignty.