This year’s UN climate talks are already behind — 5 months before COP30 kicks off in Brazil

This year’s UN climate talks are already behind — 5 months before COP30 kicks off in Brazil

The United Nations’ Conference of the Parties, or COP, which hosts annual negotiations that draw tens of thousands of top government officials, activists, and journalists every year, is understood to be the world’s primary conduit for international climate action. But a related UN conference held in Bonn, Germany, every summer is no less important. In this quieter, more technical affair, diplomats and climate negotiators haggle over the details …