Bonn Climate Talks: Why World Needs to Go Further, Faster, Fairer

Bonn Climate Talks: Why World Needs to go Further, Faster, Fairer

The June Climate Talks, SB62 under the UNFCCC, in Bonn 16-26 June, Photo Credit: UN Climate Chang/Lara Murillo By Umar Manzoor ShahSRINAGAR & BONN, Jul 11 2025 (IPS) This 62nd meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) from June 16 to 26, 2025 revealed the persistent complexities and political tensions that continue to challenge multilateral climate governance.  The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convened its 62nd me…

Bonn climate talks expose divisions over climate finance and tariffs

Each June, international climate negotiators descend on Bonn in west Germany for a two-week conference at the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Bonn is a mid-year checkpoint for the UN climate governance process. It precedes the much larger Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, which this year is due to take place in the Brazilian Amazon’s city of Belém, in November. The Bonn conference features only…