Bonn Climate Conference 2025 Begins With Key Agenda

Bonn Climate Conference 2025 Begins With Key Agenda

Why in the News?

The annual Bonn Climate Change Conference, a crucial platform for climate negotiations, began in Bonn, Germany with over 5,000 delegates to deliberate on key climate change issues like climate finance mobilisation and adaptation goals. This conference, held under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will shape the agenda for upcoming COP meetings negotiations in November 2025, addressing pressing climate impacts and fostering climate action. As delegates gather to discuss what is climate change and its far-reaching consequences, the conference aims to build on the progress made at the UN climate change conference 2023 and previous environment conference 2023 events.

Organisers and Their Role

• Organised by the two permanent bodies of the UNFCCC:

○ SBI (Subsidiary Body for Implementation) – Monitors climate change progress and facilitates financial/technical support to developing countries, including least developed countries.

○ SBSTA (Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice) – Acts as a bridge between science and policy, linking IPCC findings to policy decisions and informing climate thoughts.

• These bodies play a crucial role in making recommendations that influence final COP meeting decisions, contributing to the ongoing dialogue on how to climate change can be addressed effectively.

Key Focus for 2025

• Major agenda item: Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), which aims to enhance climate resilience and address impacts on agriculture, sustainable development, and food security.
• GGA, part of the 2015 Paris Agreement, seeks a common global framework for adaptation, similar to the 1.5°C mitigation goal, addressing climate risks and vulnerability reduction.
• Progress was made at COP28 in Dubai, and discussions now focus on defining and implementing this adaptation goal, including strategies for loss and damage compensation and ensuring a just transition.
• The conference will also address the global stocktake process and review nationally determined contributions (NDCs) as part of the ongoing climate action tracker efforts, with an eye towards future milestones like COP30.
• Key climate change presentation topics will include emissions reduction strategies, climate policy development, and the implementation of the gender action plan in climate action.
• Discussions will also touch on the fossil fuel transition and its implications for global economies, as well as the role of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) in tracking progress on climate commitments.