The Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB64), held from 8-18 June 2026 in Germany, was the main official negotiating moment between COP30 in Belém and COP31 in Antalya. What was meant to be a bridge, instead revealed the complexities behind moving from commitments to action. UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell reminded delegates: “Tackling the climate crisis is the hardest but most important thing humanity has ever tried to do together.” Yet by the closing plenary, many negotiators le

Other than the annual COP conferences, the Bonn Climate Change Conference – colloquially referred to as "Bonn climate talks" and held as a part of the June Climate Meetings (SB64*) – is a key element of the climate change conversation. These conversations hope to guide and inform decisions made for the upcoming COP for the year, to be held in Türkiye in November this year, away from public spotlight and embracing highly technical topics. Taking place in Bonn, Germany, from 8t

Could this conference finally shift the world away from fossil fuels? In Santa Marta, Colombia, just north of the nation’s largest coal export hub, representatives from more than 50 nations convened between 24 and 29 April 2026, focusing on pivoting away from fossil fuels. Historically, this has been a slow-moving agenda item at the annual Conference of the Parties (COPs). Despite the 2015 Paris goal of keeping global warming to below 1.5°C, fossil fuels have largely been ign

Protests by Indigenous groups, a fire inside the venue, and frantic last-minute negotiations to avert collapse - COP30 was anything but dull ! Amid global geopolitical tensions, there was at least some reassurance in seeing all countries - except the United States - reaffirm their commitment to multilateralism and the Paris Agreement. While there was no backsliding, the deal reached on the doorstep of the Amazon fell short of the “implementation COP” Brazil had hoped to deliv

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With lacklustre and mixed outcomes from the recently concluded Bonn Summit, the more optimistic London Climate Week, and the geopolitical uncertainty surrounding the upcoming New York Climate Week, all eyes are on the annual COP event in November 2025, taking place in Belém, Brazil – home to the world’s largest and most vital ecosystem.

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“We need to go further, faster, and fairer” was the official opening remark of the UNFCCC executive secretary, Simon Stiell’s speech...

Climate negotiations do not only happen at COPs. Every year, in May or June, national delegations convene in the quiet town of Bonn in Germany, where the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat is located. The UNFCCC is the primary UN agency for addressing climate change.

COP is a series of conferences that aim to assess progress in managing climate change, negotiate binding agreements to reduce GHG emissions.

COP is a series of conferences that aim to assess progress in managing climate change, negotiate binding agreements to reduce GHG emissions.