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Read our policy By 2025-01-20T15:00:00+00:00 Europe’s premier automotive logistics and supply chain conference returns to Bonn this 18-20 March.  We are thrilled to announce that Automotive Logistics & Supply Chain Europe returns to the Kameha Grand Bonn ALSC Europe is set to be bigger and better than ever bringing together over 450 automotive supply chain leaders for two and a half days of unparalleled networking Our agenda will delve into the latest developments across inbound logistics RESERVE YOUR SPOT   Interactive sessions will spotlight collaboration as key to reshaping the region’s automotive logistics including how the European supply chain must adapt to new competition the transition to electrification and shifting trade flows logistics and tech providers should work together to reduce waste whilst also co-investing in innovation – including in digitalisation localisation and more sustainable equipment.  This year’s conference will also feature a new Automotive Logistics Packaging Focus breakout sessions and workshops dedicated to innovation and collaboration in key areas including sustainable materials equipment innovation and packaging engineering.  Our growing speaker line-up features:   Executive Director Supply Chain Management & Logistics Join senior decision-makers from BMW Group Bosch and others who have already registered and shape the future of supply chain and logistics excellence View the latest agenda here.  ALSC Europe will take place from 18-20 March 2025 at the Kameha Grand Bonn where automotive logistics and supply chain leaders will discuss how to adapt and deliver together Register now to reserve your spot Site powered by Webvision Cloud we have five new teams making their debuts Let's have a look at the newest pretenders to the throne MANISA (Türkiye) - Season 3 of the Youth Basketball Champions League is ready to roll again on April 22 we will have five new teams and two new countries represented The growth of this event has been dramatic and these new teams are not just here to make up the numbers Let's get to know our newest contenders from Germany this was the club of Mike Koch and becoming the first club in Germany to build its own stadium and adjoining training facility in 2008 It was around that time between 2007 and 2008 that the club also combined with previous rivals Dragons Rhondorf with the intent of increasing the number of their own academy players eventually making it to first team level and the Bonn Rhöndorf connection has since gone on to produce names like Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann Bonn Rhondorf instantly got to work and reached the Final Four of the NBBL they have been regular winners of silverware at youth level in West Germany winning the West German Cup and West German Championship on several occasions in the U12 with the U12s and U16s also reaching the Final Four of the JBBL in 2014 The team that will be coming to Manisa are the current U18 West German League and Cup champions and will play in the Final Four of the German Cup in May which is the highest division in German youth basketball and also in the German senior third division Head coach Francesco Tubiana will lead his team into this year's event on a high and also with an in-depth knowledge of each player's journey throughout their time in the Bonn Rhondorf He has been the Sports Director of the entire youth department in Bonn since 2023 The leader of this team is their shooting guard Kenan Reinhart who scored 3.7 points and 1.2 rebounds in the Pro B and 18.5 points He also picked up 4.0 points per game for Germany at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2024 This season Reinhart has already started the integration into the Bonn first team and should see minutes at the senior level either this season or next small forward Josh Behrendt is another who has started to get involved with the first team this year and is averaging 12.9 points and 4.4 rebounds in the NBBL The rest of the 2007-born generation traveling with Bonn to the YBCL includes Montenegro U16 international Vuk Scepanovic Gurbuzer is an invitational player who is joined by 2008-born point guard where they put up dominant numbers this season and 3.3 blocks while shooting 79 percent on two-pointers Ilic holds Serbian and German nationality and is clearly amongst the most talented 2008-born players in Germany demonstrated by back-to-back games with 35 and 30 points in the second half of March and averages of 32.8 points and 6.0 assists per game when playing against his own age group in the U16 JBBL for Hagen The rest of the 2008-born generation includes point guard Gaston Nguyen Manh who is also an invitational player from BG Gottingen who scored 8 points per game for Bonn in the NBBL This is clearly an already talented group that has been bolstered with extra talent with the express intent of challenging the later rounds in the YBCL and maybe even making a run at the title You couldn't get a much tougher welcome to the YBCL than Bonn's draw in Group B They will face Belgian power-house Oostende at 14:00 on April 22 then get a day's rest before matching up with last year's runners up Galatsaray This looks like a group where every team is capable of taking a win off any of the two teams so potentially one win could be enough to make it to the Semi-Finals if the points differential goes in Bonn's favor if coach Tubiana and his team want to be certain of staying in contention for the podium they will need two wins from two games to be certain but the way this roster has been put together Mpox (monkeypox) Second European Programme of Work Join us for the ninth Bonn Dialogue on Environment and Health a 2-hour online event highlighting how countries in the WHO European Region are implementing nature-based solutions (NbS) to support sustainable development while ensuring the protection of human health WHO supports Member States in integrating nature and biodiversity into environmental and health policies maximizing the benefits and reducing the risks of human interaction with nature NbS are an important approach that introduces nature elements into current policies and applies environment- and nature-driven mechanisms to solve current societal NbS can provide innovative measures in tackling challenges such as environmental pollution water management or disease prevention and control they provide interesting opportunities in the health sector by reducing the environmental footprint of health systems or promoting health and well-being by prescribing nature NbS offer an effective means of achieving societal or infrastructural objectives while protecting benefiting both environmental conservation and human well-being By addressing health issues arising from environmental degradation NbS also align with the One Health approach that connects actions and policies related to the health of humans holistic strategies that promote ecological sustainability prevent diseases and improve public health The Dialogue will launch a WHO report on NbS and health highlighting their increasing role in promoting health and well-being while tackling environmental ranging from local interventions to large-scale policies It will also examine the balance between benefits and potential health risks offering practical case studies and insights for professionals across the health and environmental sectors The report will be a collaborative effort led by the WHO Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health at the University of Exeter and the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health This online event will be of particular interest to anyone working on environmental spatial planning and health policies in national and European and international institutions; as well as other interested stakeholders and decision-makers The event will be held in English with simultaneous translation into Russian You can join via Zoom by registering at the provided link The Bonn Dialogues are a series of high-level online events within the framework of the European Environment and Health Process (EHP) aimed at fostering discussions on selected themes and topics among policy-makers across the WHO European Region They provide the EHTF and all interested parties with evidence and reflection points on well-known and emerging environment and health issues to accelerate the implementation of the Budapest commitments The Bonn Dialogues are organized and promoted by the EHP Secretariat located at the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health in Bonn within the framework of the EHTF’s Programme of Work Registration European Environment and Health Process European Environment and Health Task Force WHO European Centre for Environment and Health Declaration of the Seventh Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health Environment and Health Impact Assessment Multisectoral Partnerships for Environment and Health Bonn Dialogues on Environment and Health The Valparaiso University men's golf program and head coach Dave Gring have announced that former student-athlete Mason Bonn has remained with the program as an assistant coach Bonn was a two-time MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention choice during his time playing in the program a role that he has filled extremely well for six years The addition of Mason to our coaching staff will give us more coaching depth in practices Bonn posted a 75.74 scoring average while golfing 19 rounds over seven spring tournaments after missing the fall season with an injury He finished his collegiate career with a scoring average of 75.86 that ranked 10th in modern program history the last of which came on his 22nd birthday on May 19 at the National Golf Invitational He turned in a season-low 69 (-3) in the second round of the Dorado Beach Collegiate on Feb Bonn earned Valparaiso University Presidential Academic honors throughout his collegiate career "Mason was one of our team captains last year and his leadership skills are tremendous," Gring said "He has been an integral part of some significant achievements and awards that our team has earned over the past few years so the experience that he brings to our team is quite noteworthy he graduated with honors with his degree in mechanical engineering last year so he knows how to balance an intense classroom schedule with the demands of a Division-I golf schedule Mason has the respect of the returnees on the team along with an opportunity to really mentor the three new players on our team this year Mason had an awesome summer in competitive tournaments so he brings a good level of bravado to the team to push these guys in practices." Bonn attained a top-5 finish at t-5 of 99 at the Valpo Fall Invitational (Sept "I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunities and memories Valpo Golf has given a kid from Oregon over the past four years and I feel like joining the coaching staff is my way of giving back to the program while getting to spend time and compete with my best friends," Bonn said "I also love the minutia of the team's day-to-day operation like keeping and analyzing statistics and running social media and enjoy experimenting with better ways to make them run just a little better I'm extremely excited for this year's team it's clear that we have top-to-bottom depth of talent that rivals any Valpo team over my time here and with a lot of roster turnover in The Valley I truly feel like we can mix it up with the best teams in the conference." Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here About  .  Contact  .  Donation unearthed in 2012 during excavations in a civilian settlement (vicus) near the Roman legionary fortress in Bonn has been studied using advanced imaging techniques revealing how soldiers maintained and recycled their equipment far from supply hubs The find consists of at least four mail garments—two nearly complete and two fragmentary—corroded into a single mass over time interconnected rings that necessitated alternative recycling methods Damaged armor pieces served as “donors” to patch other garments Researchers from the LVR-Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege im Rheinland and the Czech Academy of Sciences collaborated to analyze the armor using high-resolution computed tomography (CT) scans “X-ray technology allows us to see what cannot be seen with the naked eye,” explained Holger Becker of the LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn The scans uncovered details about the intricate construction of the armor arranged in patterns typical of Roman chainmail Experts believe the cache was a stockpile intended for armor repair it likely served as a resource for local craftspeople who worked closely with the Roman army Martijn Wijnhoven of the Czech Academy of Sciences emphasized the significance of this find “This is the first clear evidence that mail armor was being repaired outside a Roman military installation.” an extramural settlement tied to the Bonn fortress played a vital role in supporting the military Local artisans are thought to have processed military waste The discovery highlights the symbiotic relationship between Roman soldiers and civilian communities particularly in frontier regions where the army depended on local support to maintain readiness While other frontier sites often show evidence of ritual or funerary deposits the Bonn cache appears to be purely functional abandoned during the systematic dismantling of the vicus in the mid-3rd century CE Unlike other abandonment scenarios involving violent destruction the Bonn vicus was dismantled in an organized manner Heavy materials such as armor were often buried to prevent them from falling into enemy hands soldiers stationed on the empire’s edges adapted to the challenges of life on the frontier ensuring they remained battle-ready in even the most remote regions The cache is now housed at the LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab). 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Tickets are $26-$49 at 309-434-2777 and artsblooming.org Become a WGLT sponsor Toggle Event OverlayScheduleEventsResultsvs McGhee Inks Contract With Telekom Baskets Bonn in Germany7/29/2024 2:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball Das neue Logo steht @D1McGhee und @jbaehre1 schonmal sehr gut. ?? #HEARTBERG pic.twitter.com/MElFIOottY Main points from the talks in Germany over who should pay for changes needed to cope with impact of climate breakdown grey-suited officials squabbled in air-conditioned conference rooms over who should pay for the changes needed to shift the world to a low-carbon economy and cope with the impacts of climate breakdown Trillions of dollars will be needed each year until 2030 to wean the global economy from its reliance on fossil fuels – at least $2.4tn a year for developing countries excluding China, according to a 2022 study and they are – but they represent only a small fraction of the global economy and they equate roughly to what the world already spends on fossil fuels and high-carbon infrastructure So if enough existing investment were redirected to low-carbon ends While rich countries and China are already taking steps to boost renewable energy and low-carbon technology such as electric vehicles and heat pumps developing countries are struggling to attain the investment required to cut emissions and protect themselves from the worsening impacts of extreme weather the private sector and other sources of cash The task for Cop29, taking place this November, is to come up with a new collective quantified goal on climate finance (NCQG). This is to replace the old climate finance goal, set in 2009, for rich countries to provide $100bn a year to the developing world by 2020, a goal that was finally met in 2022 They also want to expand the contributor base for climate finance only countries that were classed as developed in 1992 when the UN framework convention on climate change was signed need contribute to climate finance for the developing world But the world has changed vastly since then – for instance China is now the world’s biggest emitter by far but carries no obligations under the UNFCCC (United Nations framework convention on climate change) Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have also grown rich on fossil fuels but few make any contribution to climate finance which hosted last year’s Cop and made a first contribution Countries such as South Korea and Singapore have also grown rich but are still classed as developing and therefore eligible to receive rather than provide climate finance while Russia is home to vast fossil fuel wealth and has filled the coffers of fossil fuel firms bountifully in the last two years by waging war in Ukraine One of the problems is that climate Cops are not well-suited to discussions on finance Countries send their environment ministers and teams Cops have no jurisdiction over institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund which will be key in delivering publicly funded climate finance Ways must be found to draw national finance ministers and international institutions more closely to the climate talks before it is too late Though renewable energy installations are rising at record rates the world is still burning more fossil fuel Under the 2015 Paris agreement all countries must have national plans to reduce carbon The current set of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are inadequate the Brazilian hosts are hoping that countries will come up with their new round of NDCs enshrining targets that will enable the halving of carbon necessary Many developing countries also see the issues of emissions reduction and climate finance as closely intertwined: without climate finance The US has also been one of the biggest providers of climate finance to the developing world in the past – and should be a far bigger provider as it is the world’s biggest economy and biggest historical emitter past a Republican Congress has been difficult pushing for higher spending from the US may be counterproductive as it could be seized on by Trump supporters With these tumultuous political forces at work it will take brave leadership to make the case for the rich countries that caused most of the climate crisis to date to pay for the impacts on the poor world But there are ways to do this: remodelling economies to transition away from fossil fuels can be a source of prosperity for workers if countries go about it in the right way and finding money for climate finance now will be far cheaper than paying for the consequences of billions of people being stricken by climate disaster in the coming decades The impact of the climate crisis on poor countries is increasingly apparent in the form of devastating floods But talks on how to help countries with the cash they need for the rescue and rehabilitation of disaster-stricken communities – known as “loss and damage” funds – have stalled At the Cop28 summit in Dubai last year, countries agreed the basics of a loss and damage fund to be overseen and operated by the World Bank but have yet to fill it and yet to formalise the set-up Little progress was made on loss and damage at Bonn despite the strong momentum generated at Cop28 while debates over the bigger issue of climate finance overall are the main focus of Cop29 filling the loss and damage fund is likely to be seen as a key bargaining chip by many countries so progress on this issue is tied closely to the overall outcome of Cop29 The world’s five biggest private sector oil companies alone made an estimated $280bn profit in the two years after the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022 and though prices have dropped they are still raking in bumper returns They are huge contributors to the climate crisis Surely some of those profits could be tapped to help the poor countries on the sharp end of climate chaos which is clearly in line with the widely accepted polluter pays principle Even the normally conservative International Energy Agency advocated for windfall taxes on oil and gas iafter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine But the suggestion that it could even be discussed outraged petrostates at the Bonn talks with Saudi Arabia and the UAE leading the behind-the-scenes ructions It was a foretaste of the enormous obstacles countries are likely to throw up to all the forms of innovative finance that are being put forward: wealth taxes frequent flyer tolls and carbon charges on international shipping Campaigners are demanding the release of political prisoners still held by Azerbaijan, whose status is disputed by the administration of Ilham Aliyev, the country’s authoritarian president. Protesters picketed the front of the Bonn talks to make this point. Though technically a democracy, Azerbaijan is in effect an autocracy with little functioning political opposition, little media or civil society freedom, and a poor record on human rights. Corruption is rife, with the country regularly coming near the bottom of the Transparency International global index. They contested for a place in the Final Four last season but now they have to fight through the Qualifiers ANTALYA (Turkiye) - The Basketball Champions League field will be set at the end of this week as 24 teams fight for the last four tickets to the Regular Season The Qualification Round includes four tournaments held at the Gloria Sports Arena in Turkiye with the same format as in the previous editions of the Basketball Champions League Qualifiers Four teams will play the Quarter-Finals round MoraBanc Andorra from Spain take on Windrose Giants Antwerp from Belgium in the Quarter-Finals with the winner moving into the Semis against the German powerhouse Telekom Baskets Bonn Spartak Office Shoes from Serbia face off with Uniclub Casino - Juventus from Lithuania Whoever wins that battle will play against Banco di Sardegna Sassari in the Semis Telekom Baskets Bonn have played the Regular Season five times so far culminating with their incredible run to the BCL championship in 2023 Banco 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strengthen action to tackle the crisis of pollution from chemicals and waste    Pollution is the world’s largest risk factor for disease and premature death with pollution from chemicals contributing to millions of those deaths    The sound management of chemicals and waste is essential for achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Chemical pollution jeopardizes sustainable development; the market and non-market cost of inaction could be as high as 10 per cent of the global gross domestic product [1] Chemical pollution hinders the enjoyment of a clean healthy and sustainable environment and of the right to a safe and healthy working environment The impacts of chemical pollution disproportionally affect people living in poverty Indigenous Peoples and other groups in vulnerable situations Chemicals often have impacts on human health Gender equality can support the sound management of chemicals and waste.3 climate change and biodiversity loss are closely interrelated and need to be addressed in an integrated manner The sound management of chemicals and waste will contribute significantly to the achievement of the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement and the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and will thereby assure the long-term integrity of vital ecosystem services and their productive capacity.4 Annual global chemical sales were projected to double between 2017 and 2030 [2] The impacts of chemical pollution are higher in countries with limited chemicals management capacity.5    The global goal of achieving the sound management of chemicals by 2020 was not met despite efforts made under several global agreements and guidelines the international community adopted the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (Strategic Approach) to strengthen the coherence and synergies between existing relevant international instruments The Strategic Approach provided an international multisectoral and multi-stakeholder platform for voluntary partnerships and cooperative initiatives.6    The sound management of chemicals and waste requires urgent action across all sectors of society and the economy It should promote a just transition worldwide in line with the principles as set out in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development taking into account regional and national circumstances and capabilities in terms of availability of skills as well as countries’ respective sustainable development priorities.7    We therefore endorse the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste reflects our unwavering shared commitment to strengthening action towards the sound management of chemicals and waste building on the lessons from and cooperative efforts under the Strategic Approach.8    We will prevent exposure to harmful chemicals and enhance the safe management of such chemicals where they are needed We will actively promote and support transitions to circular economies including through the development of safe chemical and non-chemical alternatives and substitutes that protect health and the environment and lead to reduced waste    In accordance with United Nations Environment Assembly resolution 4/8 on sound management of chemicals and waste we will strengthen our coordination and cooperation efforts at all levels to enhance coherence and complementarity in the chemicals and waste sectors including through integrating and mainstreaming the sound management of chemicals and waste in national development plans domestic budgets and relevant sectoral policies. 10    We will actively promote research and innovation for the development of safe and sustainable chemicals including solutions coming from Indigenous Peoples and traditional knowledge systems.11    We are committed to strengthening capacity-building technology transfer on mutually agreed terms regional and international development cooperation and assistance as well as from the private sector and philanthropy.12    We are committed to the effective and efficient management of chemicals and waste through accountability and access to information on chemicals relating to the health and safety of humans and the environment as well as inclusive and meaningful participation that enables multisectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration.     We will engage in the international efforts currently under way to establish a science policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution as well as to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution    We invite United Nations entities and other relevant international organizations including the International Labour Organization the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization to strengthen their role in generating reliable chemicals- and waste-related data and to facilitate relevant action and collaboration based on scientific evidence We further invite the governing bodies of those organizations in accordance with their respective mandates to strengthen their cooperation and coordination to support the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste and to integrate its goals into their programmes of work and budgets    We consider the active leadership commitment and partnership roles of the private sector and industry throughout chemical value and supply chains essential to the success of the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste We strongly encourage efforts to significantly strengthen investment by the private sector and industry in the implementation of robust life-cycle management due diligence and resource efficiency policies and measures for a just transition thereby creating business and growth opportunities    We recognize that inclusive and meaningful participation of and progressive action by all relevant stakeholders across all sectors will be essential for achieving the strategic objectives and targets of the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste and all the Sustainable Development Goals.17    We note General Assembly resolution 76/300 of 28 July 2022 on the human right to a clean and its importance for the promotion of human well-being and the full enjoyment of all human rights.18    We are determined to reach our vision of a planet free of harm from chemicals and waste for a safe to implementing the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste to increase global ambition and action including:    (a)    Protecting and respecting human rights for the benefit of present and future generations;    (b)    Developing and adopting the necessary national chemicals and waste frameworks legislation and action plans to improve the management and control of pollution from chemicals and waste;    (c)    Enhancing national action that supports the implementation of other existing relevant chemicals- and waste-related United Nations multilateral agreements standards and commitments;    (d)    Enhancing the safe production of food minimizing the adverse impacts of pesticides on health and the environment;    (e)    Protecting human health particularly the health of women and children with special attention to early childhood;    (f)    Promoting decent healthy and sustainable work throughout value and supply chains;    (g)    Strengthening sustainable adequate and accessible long-term financing from all sources so that no one is left behind;    (h)    Strengthening the development and provision of safe and sustainable chemicals with reduced adverse impacts for downstream industry users workers and consumers;    (i)    Enhancing cooperation to combat the continued illegal traffic of hazardous chemicals and waste [1] Global Chemicals Outlook II: From Legacies 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By entering your email address you agree for your data to be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy Climate diplomats have finished another two weeks of intense negotiations in the German city of Bonn discussing global efforts to cut emissions and protect people from climate hazards Developed and developing countries were locked in a bitter struggle over who should provide the trillions of dollars required to tackle climate change across the global south This issue cast a shadow over wider proceedings Discussions of everything from assessing climate adaptation to carrying forward the outcomes from last year’s “stocktake” in Dubai Nations are expected to reach an agreement at COP29 in Baku global climate-finance goal that will come into play after 2025.  The COP29 presidency has highlighted this as one of its priorities, along with technical issues concerning “Article 6” carbon markets suggesting the months ahead will be challenging Last year’s UN climate talks in Dubai secured the first-ever COP agreement to curb fossil fuels Yet many delegates in Bonn were frustrated that negotiations were still not reckoning with the need to ramp up global climate ambition Carbon Brief gives an overview of the key outcomes and disputes at the 60th biannual sessions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) subsidiary bodies (SB60) Climate finance was top of the agenda in Bonn The issue is particularly urgent this year as countries are expected to agree on a new global climate finance goal in Baku Negotiations took place against a bleak financial backdrop Many rich nations have been cutting their aid budgets even as developing countries struggle with debt that makes spending on climate action harder finance is the “great enabler of climate action” “Developed” countries – including western Europe, the US, Japan and a handful of others – are obliged to provide finance under the Paris Agreement They support climate projects in developing countries However, these nations have fallen short on their commitments. In particular, they missed the $100bn annual target that they pledged to meet by 2020.  By the end of COP29, all the parties must agree on a “new collective quantified goal” (NCQG) to guide the provision of climate finance This goal is supposed to replace the $100bn target after 2025 Progress on negotiating the NCQG has been slow Nations have disagreed on almost every aspect of the new target including the amount of money that should be provided who should receive it and what kind of funds should be included The main dividing lines are between the developed countries that have traditionally been obliged to provide finance and the developing countries who are eligible to receive it country groupings have different priorities The interactive table below captures some of this complexity there were four sessions of the work programme as well as a “technical expert dialogue” where experts and governments exchanged views on the goal In the first week, parties asked co-chairs to “streamline” the text, resulting in an updated “input paper” with a somewhat slimmed-down 45 pages.  After more submissions, another text was released as the weekend drew to a close the text essentially remained a summary of all the proposals on the table – including many that directly contradicted each other As the last meeting came to a close on the second Tuesday, deep divisions remained between the parties. Numerous developed countries said the text was “unbalanced” and asked for sections to be deleted.  Developed-country parties including the US, the EU and Australia said they were frustrated by the other parties’ unwillingness to accommodate their inputs One of the major disputes was over the “quantum” of climate finance – that is the amount of money that would be put towards the new goal.  (The Arab Group provided more detail suggesting that $441bn could come from public funds – including taxes on arms companies – and the remainder “mobilised” from other funding streams.) They have also called for “arrears” from the $100bn goal to make up for the two years in which the target was missed the EU and other developed countries have been hesitant to propose specific financial targets The only exception is what the US described as its “quantum” proposal which was that the target should be “from a floor of $100bn” – the bare minimum set by the Paris Agreement itself developed countries have sought to focus the talks on the many “layers” of finance that they see making up the final goal They emphasise that this needs to be agreed before a number can be picked.  These groups have stressed the importance of an expansive goal that includes money “mobilised” from the private sector the reform of multilateral development banks (MDBs) and even domestic spending within countries developing countries broadly want to keep the talks tightly focused on money channelled from the public coffers of developed countries and given to developing countries.  Liliam Chagas the head of the Brazilian delegation in Bonn explained to Carbon Brief that G77 countries want to see these negotiations between national governments focusing on funding streams that are within their power to provide: the task is so big that we must put everything [in]’ – other layers – but the other layers we don’t control.”  Another stumbling block within the negotiations is the issue of expanding the “donor base”. The group of developed countries that is currently responsible for providing funds to developing countries wants wealthy, high-emitting – but still “developing” – countries The EU has suggested that contributor status could be based on a combination of “economic conditions” and emissions or membership of institutions, such as the G20 and the OECD. Switzerland even proposed it could be based on which countries have space programmes The G77 and China group of developing countries has been firm in its position that developed countries have committed under the Paris Agreement to provide climate finance to developing countries.  Michai Robertson, a climate-finance negotiator with AOSIS told Carbon Brief that such fundamental differences of opinion were preventing any progress: “[Developed countries] have connected the whole quantum to who’s contributing He pointed out that it was highly unlikely countries would reach a consensus in which a handful of developing countries agree to provide climate finance Further disagreements exist around the timescale of the new goal which countries should be the primary recipients of the money and even how to define “climate finance” developed countries all use different metrics to measure how much finance they provide leading to widespread mistrust in the figures that’s important – but making sure we understand exactly what we’re counting is probably even more important Parties identified more common ground around the issues of improving countries’ access to finance and updating the Paris Agreement’s “enhanced transparency framework” in order to effectively report on climate finance Most of the major issues were viewed as too important to be resolved without direct input from ministries which will take place in the run up to COP29.  “The G7, Ministerial on Climate Action and UN General Assembly are some of the opportunities in the next few months for leaders to have frank conversations that will be necessary to move beyond entrenched positions,” Joe Thwaites a senior advocate for international climate finance at the Natural Resources Defence Council One issue raised by negotiators Carbon Brief spoke with in Bonn was that several major donor countries face changes of government in the coming months, bringing potential disruption to climate finance plans. In the US, a second term for Donald Trump could even lead to withdrawal from international climate action the NCQG co-chairs said they would produce a new “input paper” ahead of the next meeting of the work programme – asking negotiators to propose some compromises a separate but very much related issue in Bonn was Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement This calls for “financial flows” in general to be made consistent with cutting emissions and “climate-resilient development” Alessandra Sgobbi head of the climate finance unit at the European Commission explained at a press briefing early in the talks how she saw Article 2.1c: “My personal opinion [is] that means that we should be heading to a time when we actually don’t talk about climate finance any more because everything is actually supporting countries and companies and individuals in meeting climate neutrality and climate resilient objectives.” In Bonn, the Sharm el-Sheikh dialogue provided space to discuss this issue.  it also related directly to the broadly developed-country notion in NCQG negotiations that the goal should incorporate all kinds of finance – and potentially discourage investment in fossil fuels.  interpret Article 2.1c as a way to distract attention from developed countries’ responsibilities to provide climate finance Groups such as the LMDCs and the Arab Group have been particularly resistant to discussing the issue Back to top Discussions of “loss and damage” – the unavoidable harm caused by climate disasters – have taken centre stage at climate negotiations in recent years At COP28, a new fund was launched to help developing countries struggling with loss and damage. This was viewed as a great victory after years of pressure from climate-vulnerable nations in the global south With the fund set up and attention turning to the new, post-2025 climate finance target – the NCQG – loss and damage was less prominent in the Bonn discussions one of the many sticking points in the discussion of the NCQG was developing countries’ insistence that there should be a separate “window” specifically earmarked for loss and damage as well as funds for mitigation and adaptation there was a clear split between developed and developing countries on this topic.  With the money flowing into the newly created loss and damage fund still far below the annual needs of developing countries these parties wanted to ensure there is a formal target for this type of climate finance A joint document submitted by the LDCs and AOSIS emphasised that the money for this loss and damage “sub-goal” in the NCQG should predominantly come from public and grant-based money developed countries argue that loss and damage finance is not part of the NCQG’s mandate they say that including it within the target will simply stretch existing resources thinner The question of loss and damage finance is one of the many NCQG issues that has been deferred until COP29 with parties unable to find any compromise in Bonn Meanwhile, during the Bonn talks the World Bank’s board of executive directors announced that it had approved the bank’s role as host for the loss and damage fund Many developed countries and activists have been sceptical about the World Bank’s role in the new fund In order for the bank to be finally confirmed at host it will need to satisfy conditions laid out at COP28 that were designed to accommodate these concerns – such as allowing direct access to the fund by developing countries in times of need Other relevant processes in Bonn included the third phase of the Glasgow Dialogue which focused on encouraging coordination between the various loss and damage institutions that have already been established Parties also agreed on the “terms of reference” for an upcoming review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for loss and damage The issue of climate adaptation featured across multiple strands of the Bonn negotiations Much of the tension in these talks came back to the question of climate finance They were ultimately unsuccessful in this push demands for developed countries to provide climate finance continued to be a live issue throughout the negotiations in Bonn Among the major adaptation-related issues discussed at Bonn was the UAE-Belém work programme on “indicators” – a two-year effort that was also agreed in the GGA negotiations.  “Indicators” could include any measures that are relevant for climate adaptation – from the area of land available for food production to the number of climate-related deaths Many are already available and used in other contexts but this work involves identifying a set that can be applied globally under the GGA.  Negotiators were meant to discuss the “modalities” of this programme in Bonn which must be organised before the programme can begin its technical work There was frustration among some parties and delegates that little progress was being made on these given it was expected to be a relatively straightforward part of the programme Developing countries raised the issue of finance throughout, wanting to include it as one of the key indicators. Ugandan negotiator Adonia Ayebare told Carbon Brief that their focus on finance in these negotiations was straightforward: there’s nothing that can happen from a developing country’s perspective…It’s in the Paris Agreement The argument goes that dealing with adaptation cannot be separated from the urgent need for investment in adaptation – which has been severely lacking. The most recent UN analysis found that developing countries’ annual adaptation financial needs were 10-18 times greater than the public funds they received from developed countries in 2021 Another major divergence was the question of which organisation should be charged with “mapping” existing adaptation indicators. Developed parties, such as the US, the EU and Japan, wanted this to be handled by the Adaptation Committee but G77 countries broadly wanted it to be handled by a newly formed “expert group” In the end, another compromise was found, with a footnote in the final text that left different options open for future talks It said negotiators would consider the “Adaptation Committee and/or an ad hoc expert group and/or expert groups” The other notable strand of adaptation negotiations at Bonn focused on countries’ national adaptation plans (NAPs) NAPs allow countries to plan for climate impacts but an assessment of them has been repeatedly delayed but the GGA envisages comprehensive NAP coverage by 2030 as developed countries say they need money not only to implement NAPs but to actually put them together in the first place In the end, following disputes over the role of private finance in adaptation and the long delays in receiving funds for NAP production, negotiators settled on a lengthy, seven-page “informal note” that included issues both developed and developing countries disagreed with This too will be taken up by negotiators at COP29 in November but unlike the “draft conclusions” on indicators and the GGA its status as an “informal note” means it carries less weight and is further from any legal decision that would be agreed in Baku Jeffrey Qi, a policy advisor with the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s (IISD) resilience programme “Countries will find it rather challenging to streamline this text in the first week of Baku especially when there are many elements they find uncomfortable…A lot of time will be spent on repeating the same positions again and again hoping for flexibility and compromise.” Other negotiations also covered adaptation such as the “matters relating to the least developed countries” and the “Nairobi work programme” Parties in the mitigation ambition and implementation work programme (MWP) were unable to come to an agreement on draft conclusions at Bonn due to disagreements around whether there should be a procedural versus substantive outcome (At Bonn in 2023 similar debates arose becoming one of the key areas of contention at the talks The MWP’s inclusion in the agenda was one of the sticking points that led it to not even be agreed until the day before the two-week session was due to close.) The MWP was adopted at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh and is expected to run until 2026 when a decision will be made about the extension of its work.  Ahead of the start of the wider Bonn session, the third “global dialogue and investment-focused event” under the work programme was held in the city between 27-29 May, focused on “Cities: buildings and urban systems“.  Informal consultations then began on 4 June with co-facilitators Kay Harrison (New Zealand) and Carlos Fuller (Belize) inviting parties to share their views on substantive elements they would like addressed under the programme and its outcomes. According to Third World Network (TWN) divergence among parties quickly became clear.   Much of the disagreement within the work programme focused on its mandate, in particular with regard to the outcome of the “global stocktake” (GST) that was finalised at COP28 and called for countries to “transition away” from fossil fuels Paragraph 186 of the GST outcome document “invites the relevant work programmes and constituted bodies under or serving the Paris Agreement to integrate relevant outcomes of the first global stocktake in planning their future work the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) noted that this paragraph also contains the caveat that GST outcomes should be applied “in line with [the] mandates” of programmes they argued that this does not apply to the MWP and opposed the GST being reflected in the decision text.  Speaking on a panel following the first week, David Knecht, program manager for energy and climate justice at Swiss NGO Fastenaktion said it was very important to unblock the MWP given it was the only agenda item explicitly focused on mitigation “We wish that the mitigation work programme can also contribute to the implementation of the global stocktake elements so that the mitigation work programme can start to deliver to its potential.”  Other disagreements emerged around the appropriate relationship between the MWP and nationally determined contributions (NDCs) In a statement, Fernanda Carvalho global policy manager for climate and energy practice at WWF International said there needed to be a “dramatic change of pace on the mitigation work programme and on discussions related to nationally determined contributions” “Discussions on mitigation in Bonn – or the lack of them – are completely disconnected from a sad reality: the window to 1.5C is closing fast we need to collectively reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 and 65% by 2035 in relation to 2019 levels That demands much stronger nationally determined contributions in 2025 backed up by solid technical and financial support.”  The LMDCs, African Group and Arab Group stressed that the MWP should not impose any targets on countries, arguing instead that the objective of the programme was to facilitate dialogues, TWN reported New targets through the inclusion of key messages would go beyond the mandate of the MWP and place further burdens on developing countries AOSIS pointed to the urgency of the need to mitigate the impact of climate change instead insisting that there should be “strong outcomes” from the MWP.  These disagreements continued through the informal consultations on 6 and 8 June. By this point, there was general agreement to continue the discussion on “improvement of future global dialogues and the investment focused events”, noted TWN.  On 12 June, the co-chairs presented a draft conclusions text and an informal note produced under their own authority.  LMDCs, the Arab group and others refused to even engage with the documents, arguing that Harrison and Fuller had not been mandated to produce them, according to ENB several parties highlighted their disappointment with how the negotiations had been conducted including calling into question the neutrality of the co-facilitators.  The divides between countries targeting substantive and those who preferred a strictly procedural decision ran across both weeks ultimately leading to the failure to agree draft conclusions.  Within ENB’s “in the corridor” section, it quoted a seasoned delegate who quipped: “To speak about a mitigation work programme for this many hours and still not come out with a definition of our own mandate…well there’s got to be some kind of award for that.” progress stalled once again in the just transition work programme (JTWP) The JTWP was established at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh there have been ongoing disagreements about the focus of the programme Developed countries broadly view it as focused on jobs while developing countries argue it needs to be broader.  progress was made and parties agreed on the elements of the work programme.  However, over the two weeks of Bonn the same issues re-emerged, with the TWN noting that the negotiations were “​​like déjà vu” The first dialogue of the programme took place on 2-3 June Speaking at the opening of the dialogue, Nabeer Munir (Pakistan), chair of the UN climate regime’s Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) said:  “Just transition is not just about reducing carbon emissions; it is about building a future with social justice and environmental sustainability to go hand in hand…safeguarding biodiversity and ensuring [a] prosperous planet for the generations to come.” the goal was to discuss how just transitions could be incorporated into NDCs national adaptation plans and long term strategies.  A draft text was introduced by co-chair Marianne Karlsen (Norway) on 5 June with parties invited to share their views.  this disagreement became increasingly entrenched The African Group also called for the development of a work plan at COP29 later this year with Canada subsequently arguing that it would be premature.  Speaking to Carbon Brief, Dr Leon Sealey-Huggins, senior campaigner at charity War on Want “The creation of a work plan was a sticking point but I think it was more a broader refusal of developed countries to agree to anything that made the JTWP more than just a talk shop or talking shop.” Parties clashed on the “modalities” of the UAE JTWP with different parties having different interpretations of the agreement from Dubai Speaking to Carbon Brief, Anabella Rosemberg senior advisor on the just transition at NGO Climate Action Network International (CAN) explains that developed countries broadly viewed the modalities as having been set at COP28 while developing countries and civil society viewed them as a platform to be built on “[In Bonn many developed countries argued] there’s no further clarification needed There’s no need for adding more activities There’s no need for knowing more about the themes “That was not seen as sufficient…On the one side it does look like some of the developed countries have flexed that position realised that those two [already agree] dialogues might not be enough they are raising concerns about funding and other issues that may make things complicated.” Additionally, there were disagreements around language, with the G77 and China proposing that the draft conclusions “take note” rather than “welcome” the first hybrid dialogue, while the LDCs suggested “acknowledge”, noted ENB.  Speaking on a panel on 8 June, Caroline Brouillette said momentum was lost over the first week of Bonn she said negotiations had become a “talkshop” simply reopening discussions on elements that were agreed in Dubai.  co-chair Kishan Kumarsingh (Trinidad and Tobago) noted that as no decision could be reached draft procedural conclusions would be put together parties reconvened again in the evening to try and find agreement.  This renewed push continued into 13 June. Ultimately, an agreement was reached with draft conclusions and an informal note published.  While a work plan was absent from the conclusions the informal note included a “placeholder on the workplan for the work programme” meaning the wording had not yet been agreed by all parties.  In a statement at the end of the two weeks “Parties agreed to procedural conclusions in Bonn which give the Just Transition Work Programme a bit of oomph But now they need to show up in Baku with a clear vision on how the JTWP delivers justice for people: this includes stronger and more inclusive modalities and deeper content discussions communities and all peoples along and ensuring adequate support and international cooperation is the only way we can move fast enough to limit warming to the crucial threshold of 1.5C.” International carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement continued to be a hotly contested topic in Bonn There are two forms of carbon trading under the UN system – direct country-to-country trading under Article 6.2 and a centralised international carbon market under Article 6.4 which covers relatively ill-defined “non-market approaches”.) technical issues still need to be resolved for both of the market-based systems This means that the centralised Article 6.4 carbon market cannot start operating Article 6.2 and 6.4 negotiations in COP28 last year ended without agreement meaning they were left to be picked up in Bonn These issues included questions over how credits are authorised how transparent trading is and the extent to which problems can be identified through a review process.  The fundamental divide is between countries that are seeking more restrictive rules to markets which are more likely to generate real-world emissions reductions and those that would prefer carbon trading to operate with less oversight.  (For more details of some of the key points of contention, see Carbon Brief’s coverage of COP28.) The Azerbaijan presidency made it clear in Bonn that it would make it a priority for COP29 to finally resolve these technical issues for Article 6.  COP29 lead negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev gave a speech outlining his “vision and strategy” in which he mentioned achieving “full functioning of Article 6” as a key focal point He mentioned “Article 6” four times – the same frequency as the new climate finance target Despite this focus, progress in the negotiating halls was slow and there were few concrete outcomes from the Article 6 negotiations. Jonathan Crook, policy expert on global carbon markets at Carbon Market Watch “Mostly, the outcome on 6.2 and 6.4 is to forward the texts for Baku So there are still big issues to resolve even if the tone was more constructive here there was some progress on a couple of issues within Article 6 One recurring concern in Article 6 talks had been whether “emissions avoidance” activities can be used to generate credits that can then be traded this would mean producing credits by not undertaking an activity that produces emissions The talks in Bonn saw a resolution to this issue parties had broadly decided that emissions avoidance would not be eligible to generate credits under either Article 6.2 or 6.4 However, when a new negotiating text emerged on Wednesday morning, it did not reflect this decision, Injy Johnstone of Oxford Net Zero “Resolving this inconsistency took up the bulk of negotiation time on Wednesday and explicit text was produced and agreed to by all – notably taking this perennial issue off the agenda before Baku whilst also giving a clear signal back to the market.” Emissions avoidance will be reconsidered in 2028 when parties reassess the mechanism in its entirety countries will not be able to trade credits produced this way under Article 6.2 or 6.4 There was also some movement on the issue of confidentiality. As it stands, under Article 6.2 countries can classify information regarding their carbon trading as confidential if they choose to, without needing to justify their decision Some parties have been trying to tighten up this system so there is more transparency for example by defining when information can be kept private and reporting on cases where information is being hidden for no clear reason with the text forwarded to COP29 requesting the UNFCCC secretariat to produce a “​​specific code of conduct for Article 6 technical expert review teams for treating and reviewing information identified as confidential by participating parties” this code of conduct would still need to be approved by all parties Overall, Trishant Dev, a climate change programme officer specialising in Article 6 at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in India “Movement on some issues has led to a lighter agenda for Baku there are conflicting views on some substantial matters and attempts to have an agreement that satisfies all parties may dilute resulting guidelines on these matters.” It also included an unprecedented commitment by countries to “transition away from fossil fuels” in a “just These are the kind of actions that will be required if the world is to collectively meet the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement one of the main points of contention at the talks in Bonn was how to follow up on these decisions Parties were given space to do so in the “UAE dialogue on implementing the global stocktake outcomes” predominantly between developed and developing countries Developed country groups such as the EU and the EIG argued that these discussions should focus on all aspects of the global stocktake in a reflection of wider disputes within the negotiations at Bonn many developing countries wanted the talks to centre around climate finance They argued that it would not be possible to cut emissions unless they were provided with sufficient money to aid their transitions The key groups making this case were the LMDCs – which includes several large high-emitting countries and fossil-fuel producers – as well as the African Group Developing country parties made an argument grounded in the text of the global stocktake. Paragraph 97 of the text which “decides” to establish the UAE dialogue is placed under the section of the report relating to “finance” In the end, in their discussions of the practical elements – or “modalities” – of the dialogue, parties settled on simply “taking note” of an “informal note” prepared by the SB60 co-facilitators They stated that this note “does not represent consensus” and parties will now submit their views ahead of more discussions on the matter at COP29 These disputes mirrored similar ones that took place in the mitigation work programme negotiations. (See: Mitigation.) developed countries wanted to talk about cutting emissions and specifically moving away from fossil fuels while some developing countries wanted to keep discussions focused on finance These issues were alluded to in the closing plenary with developed-country representatives accusing other groups of “blocking progress” and warning that the “next few years will be the make or break” for the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5C Tom Evans, a senior policy advisor focusing on climate diplomacy at E3G tells Carbon Brief that the UN climate talks are “missing spaces” to discuss the ambitions laid out in the global stocktake outcomes: “Since COP26 we’ve seen an explosion of activities workshops and dialogues at the UNFCCC all aimed at trying to improve the implementation of the Paris Agreement these processes could be really useful ways to hold governments accountable to their commitments But there’s been a concerted push back by many parties who feel this is overreaching – and even seeing it as an attempt to rewrite the bottom-up He adds that addressing the challenge of “implementation” within the negotiations is likely to be a key battleground at COP29 These discussions took place in the context of the approaching deadline for countries to submit new climate plans under the Paris Agreement, termed nationally determined contributions (NDCs) As it stands, the world is on track for around 2.7C of warming under current plans which are expected to be more comprehensive than previous pledges are also meant to bring the world closer to the Paris Agreement target of “well below 2C while pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5C” The official deadline for parties to submit new NDCs is 10 February 2025 there are fundamental differences of opinion between parties about the kind of ambition that should be set out in this new round Many developing countries have climate plans that depend on them receiving sufficient finance from developed countries – which they argue has not happened so far.  Moreover, these nations, and many climate justice activists, say developed countries have a responsibility to cut emissions far more drastically than developing countries, to reflect their historic contribution to climate change Meena Raman, head of the climate change programme at the Third World Network told a press conference on the first day of the talks in Bonn: “We will want to see whether developed countries acknowledge their responsibility and would commit in their NDCs to phase out fossil fuels…They have to put their words into meaning.” The demand for more ambition from developed countries specifically was reflected in a request by Bolivia to add an extra agenda item to the talks in Bonn This would have focused on the “immediate and urgent” action required by developed countries to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030 and “net-negative emissions thereafter” (The item did not make it onto the agenda agreed at Bonn.) While no nations have yet come forward with new NDCs, a side event at Bonn saw negotiators from the “troika” of past, present and future COP presidencies – the UAE, Azerbaijan and Brazil – commit to “leading by example” by updating their plans as soon as possible COP29 representative Rovshan Mirzayev said up to 10 other countries would also be submitting new NDCs around COP29 When challenged by civil-society representatives at the event on the issue of setting “1.5C-aligned” NDCs the three representatives shied away from mentions of moving away from fossil fuels All three troika members produce large amounts of oil and gas and have not signalled any intention to wind down their fossil-fuel sectors attention is turning to COP29 host Azerbaijan like its predecessor the United Arab Emirates The country is planning to expand its gas operations, with President Ilham Aliyev saying the country’s fossil fuel reserves were “a gift of the gods”, according to Politico.  Because of its role in the oil and gas industry, being a former Soviet bloc country and sitting between the east and the west, Mukhtar Babayev, the minister of ecology for Azerbaijan and COP29 president designate, has looked to position the country as the crossroads of the world, an interview with the Guardian noted.  COP29 will take place amid a period of high geopolitical tension. In addition, Azerbaijan has already drawn criticism for media crackdowns with Human Rights Watch reporting the country had arrested or sentenced at least 25 journalists and activists in the past year.  senior advisor on the just transition at CAN says:  “The mood for cooperation going into COP is a very difficult one multiple elections still coming and the multilateralism across the board that is under attack the extent to which we are able to maintain this line of conversation from governments that today are hardly able to agree on anything without going into a lowest common denominator approach to save the process which is something that CAN could not accept It’s a very difficult balancing act.” Efforts will continue over the coming months to lay the groundwork for COP29. This will include further work from the COP presidencies “Troika”, made up of the hosts of COP28, COP29 and COP30. Collectively, they launched the Roadmap to Mission 1.5C in April.  The spotlight will continue to be on finance with the importance of the new global climate finance goal in Baku hanging over preparations.  In a statement at the end of Bonn, Alden Meyer it will take hard work by ministers and leaders over the next several months to lay the groundwork for the political agreements that will make COP29 in Baku a success We must create the conditions that will drive high ambition in the next round of national emissions reduction pledges due by early next year to give us a fighting chance to keep the 1.5C Paris temperature limitation goal in reach as is needed to avert even more devastating climate impacts than those people are already experiencing all across the world.”  Q&A: Nations agree carbon-pricing system to steer shipping towards net-zero Analysis: 95% of countries miss UN deadline to submit 2035 climate pledges Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems COP29: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Baku Get a round-up of all the important articles and papers selected by Carbon Brief by email. 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If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window). Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Police officers stand next to a hole in the fence at Cologne/Bonn Airport, Germany, Wednesday July 24, 2024. Climate activists have caused an interruption to air traffic at Cologne/Bonn Airport. (dpa via AP) Aircraft from various airlines and companies are parked at Cologne/Bonn Airport, Germany, Wednesday July 24, 2024. Climate activists have caused an interruption to air traffic at Cologne/Bonn Airport. (Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP) A police car is parked at Cologne/Bonn Airport, Germany, Wednesday July 24, 2024. Climate activists have caused an interruption to air traffic at Cologne/Bonn Airport. (Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP) BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists glued themselves to the ground at Cologne-Bonn Airport in western Germany on Wednesday, forcing officials to suspend flights for a few hours, authorities said. Police said five people glued themselves to a taxiway at the airport early in the morning, German news agency dpa reported. Flights were suspended for about three hours from about 5:45 a.m. while officers worked to remove the protesters. The airport said that 31 flights were canceled and six had to be diverted. The group is demanding that the German government negotiate and sign an international agreement on a global exit from the use of oil, gas and coal by 2030. The bill, which still requires approval by lawmakers, foresees punishment ranging up to a two-year prison sentence for people who intentionally intrude on airside areas of airports such as taxiways or runways, endanger civil aviation, or enable someone else to. So far, such intrusions can only draw a fine. A sentence of up to five years would be possible in some cases. Activists portrayed the Cologne-Bonn incident as one of several protests or attempted protests across Europe. At Helsinki Airport, a handful of protesters blocked the main check-in area for about 30 minutes, but police said the demonstration caused no delays to flights or other disruption. At Oslo’s main Gardermoen airport, three activists managed to enter the runway area early Wednesday morning, waving banners and disrupting air traffic for about half an hour just before 6 a.m. Police said there were no major flight delays. but the 2023 BCL champions pulled away behind a magnificent fourth quarter run MIES (Switzerland) - Four games were played on Tuesday in Week 3 of the Basketball Champions League Regular Season with the most interesting one taking place in Germany AEK won the BCL in front of nearly 20,000 fans in Athens and they have chased that feeling ever since Telekom Baskets Bonn stunned the continent by claiming the spiky trophy and their faithful fans are now expecting a similar run in Season 9 of this competition The two former champions delivered highlight after highlight for three quarters in front of the packed stands in Bonn it's a young team with many guys playing first time in Europe but one thing we cannot say is that these guys are not mentally tough They have shown multiple times how strong they are mentally we had moments where opponents took over the game but we came back," Bonn head coach Roel Moors said Darius McGhee led the charge for the hosts as they torched AEK's defense with a massive 34-point haul in the final stanza AEK could only get 15 points up in that period but also ending up with a mountain to climb if they want the tiebreaker over Bonn at the end of Gameday 6 McGhee came off the bench and had 23 points on five three-pointers with 5 assists and 2 steals also to his name Thomas Kennedy made all six of his field goals for 16 points with 8 rebounds while Sam Griesel was the key factor with 15 points as Bonn were a +28 team with him on the floor AEK got 18 points from CJ Bryce and looked solid for three quarters but their worst quarter of the season so far left a bitter taste and so are Maccabi and VEF in that same group as the Israelis picked up their first win in this competition VEF BONN MRG AEK Amin Stevens did a bit of everything with 16 points and 8 rebounds for Maccabi VEF Riga were without their leader Dairis Bertans and even though they had a brief seven-point lead in the third quarter they will probably be happy with the final margin as they were also down by 13 with just four minutes to play Issuf Sanon was their best player in this one Karsiyaka 84-74 Saint-Quentin Basket-BallWith all the talks about the youngsters in the BCL Errick McCollum decided to remind everybody that the veterans still got it The 36-year-old Karsiyaka guard scored 12 points in the first quarter alone then finished with 21 while also dishing out a team-high 6 assists as the Turkish side picked up their first win of the season With Sean McDermott suffering a tough injury over the weekend coach Ufuk Sarica needed somebody to step up The former Filou Oostende star had 18 points with 6 rebounds as a starter Jerome Robinson scored 18 for Saint-Quentin while Nolan Traore had 10 of his 11 points in the first half Bertram Derthona Basket had a near perfect Regular Season but lost the tiebreaker over a Spanish team in the battle for a direct flight to the Round of 16 they don't want to repeat the same mistake but also built a gigantic lead in the head to head with the Spaniards The Italians reached triple digits en route to a 17-point win Arturs Strautins was right next to him with 22 as they combined for 50 points on 17-of-27 shooting Former Derthona man Retin Obasohan was the best player for Manresa with 18 points The Bonn Climate Change Conference saw limited progress resolving open issues related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement which aims to incentivize international cooperation in mitigating climate change through carbon credit market mechanisms and non-market mechanisms Many issues remain unresolved as we approach COP29 in November 2024 Despite having hosted four negotiations and five side events on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement,1 the Bonn Climate Change Conference fell short of consensus on resolving open issues on the functioning of an international carbon credit market under the Paris Agreement Countries failed to come to agreement on issues relating to the extent to which emission avoidance can be used to generate carbon credits what components of Article 6's carbon credit systems should be centralized which were highlighted in our previous alert.2 Article 6 of the Paris Agreement introduces mechanisms for international collaboration to achieve climate goals through both market (Articles 6.2 and 6.4) and non-market (Article 6.8) approaches Article 6.2 enables countries to meet their climate targets known as Nationally Determined Contributions ("NDCs") through bilateral or multilateral cooperation agreements This facilitates direct country-to-country trading of emission reduction credits referred to as Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes ("ITMOs") Article 6.4 sets up a framework for a centralized international carbon market facilitating the trading of emission credits among countries under the supervision of a designated Supervisory Body This mechanism is designed to be more structured and regulated compared to the flexible approaches of Article 6.2 Unlike the mechanism in Article 6.2 that allows countries to exchange ITMOs directly through cooperation agreements Article 6.4 provides a system of oversight to ensure that any emission credits (the so-called "A6.4ERs") which can originate from public or private projects and are traded within the international carbon market and issued according to the framework established by the provisions of Article 6.4 The A6.4ERs can then be traded or used to meet NDCs Article 6.8 promotes non-market approaches ("NMA") for countries to jointly address climate challenges through initiatives thereby avoiding reliance solely on market mechanisms The main takeaways from the Bonn meetings are touched upon below as we head towards the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties ("COP") to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change According to the draft conclusions presented,3 the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice ("SBSTA") concluded discussions on common nomenclatures for specific information attributes required for the reporting of annual information The SBSTA also tasked the Secretariat with developing and maintaining a list of common nomenclatures to be used in the centralized accounting and reporting platform The SBSTA further concluded discussions on modalities for reviewing confidential information recommended that the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement ("CMA") conclude this matter and mandated that the Secretariat establish procedures and a code of conduct for handling confidential information The SBSTA (i) noted the ongoing work on whether ITMOs could include emission avoidance and agreed to revisit this in 2028 (ii) requested a workshop to be held before the 61st sessions of the SBSTA ("SBSTA 61") (November 2024) to discuss authorization and (iii) agreed to continue working on the draft text for further guidance on cooperative approaches under Article 6.2 with the goal of recommending a decision at the sixth meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement ("CMA 6") in November 2024 The draft conclusions on Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement4 indicate some progress but the operationalization of a centralized carbon market has not been resolved the SBSTA (i) noted the work undertaken on the Supervisory Body's responsibilities for the Article 6.4 mechanism the national arrangements used by host Parties to implement the mechanism and the inclusion of emission avoidance and conservation enhancement in Article 6.4 activities (ii) requested a hybrid workshop before SBSTA 61 to discuss carbon credit authorization and the mechanism registry (iii) agreed to continue working on the draft text on further guidance on the rules and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6.4 with the goal of recommending a decision at CMA 6 and (iv) invited Parties to contribute to the trust fund for operationalizing the Article 6.4 mechanism The schedule released ahead of the Bonn meetings included two negotiation sessions on Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement the web-based NMA Platform is taking shape and Parties have been invited to (i) notify the Secretariat of their National Focal Point5 to access the NMA Platform (ii) submit their non-market-based approaches and (iii) provide information on the financial and capacity-building support available for identifying concrete initiatives under Article 6.8 to boost the Paris goals were not particularly highlighted in the conclusions presented.6 the SBSTA called for an in-session workshop and roundtable discussions at the sixth meeting of the Glasgow Committee on NMAs in November 2024 The SBSTA also requested the inclusion of links to relevant support bodies on the NMA Platform and the integration of NMA-related activities into the broader capacity-building program for Article 6 Submissions on the progress of the first phase of the work program and recommendations for the second phase were requested by August 31 The groundwork for implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement was laid in Bonn with COP29 lead negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev highlighting the full functionality of Article 6 as a key point for negotiations in Baku.7 achieving consensus among Parties on most of the key Article 6 issues proved to be elusive especially concerning market-based approaches for achieving NDCs because disagreements persist on whether the market-based systems should be centralized or decentralized the Parties' discussion of the NMA Platform gained momentum promising to advance non-market solutions in the near future Brussels) contributed to the development of this publication White & Case means the international legal practice comprising White & Case LLP a New York State registered limited liability partnership a limited liability partnership incorporated under English law and all other affiliated partnerships This article is prepared for the general information of interested persons Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome Two weeks of UN climate negotiations in Bonn have ended The next time parties meet will be at COP29 in Baku they are expected to adopt a new goal for climate finance Compared to the effects of climate change that faith groups and marginalised communities around the world are experiencing Global climate leadership is needed now more than ever global action and cooperation to urgently address the climate crisis is deeply inadequate ACT member Christian Aid’s Climate Justice policy advisor comments:  The Bonn talks focussed on climate finance This is a core element of the climate debate as any of the goals related to green and resilient transition of the world depend on investment and access to climate finance One of the options of the level of finance the goal needs to aim at was put forward by African States The Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN) proposed that a USD 1.3 trillion publicly mobilized goal is needed every year to address climate change in the Global South This number may seem high compared to the current target USD 100 billion was a political compromise One of the deep conflicts in the debate about climate finance is the so-called contributor base This is the number of countries responsible for mobilizing climate finance The reality is that many developed countries still are not contributing the USA and Greece mobilize minimal amounts of climate finance despite their large historic responsibility in creating emissions member of ACT’s Climate Justice group comments:  other elements of the climate debate need attention By the beginning of 2025 all parties should have submitted new and updated national climate plans (also called NDCs) These plans should show what each country will do to deliver on the Paris Agreement The debate about mitigation has been almost invisible in Bonn as parties are still far from reaching the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius co-chair of the ACT Alliance Climate Justice group While the efforts of parties to develop new and more ambitious plans are important Many of the existing plans have still not been implemented This is largely due to lack of access to funding The adaptation finance needs of developing countries are 10 to18 times greater than international public finance flows There remain huge funding challenges for the Global South to enhance gender mainstreaming in their climate planning development and implementation The plans will reflect the transition countries must go through to lower emissions Parties unfortunately did not make any significant progress The talks included a workshop on the Gender Action Plan specifically on moving from plans to action in fostering gender equality in climate action Says Elena Cedillo of the Lutheran World Federation:   Speaking at the Interfaith Liaison Committee’s press conference in Bonn Sostina Takure of the ACT Alliance Zimbabwe Forum spoke of the challenges faced by women and girls in all their diversity and youth with regards to migration caused by the climate crisis:    Members of ACT Alliance witness daily the growing effects of the climate crisis on the most marginalized communities in the Global South; those who have done the least to contribute to life-damaging emissions These effects can only be addressed by a strong commitment to their future by those countries with more resources who also have a historical responsibility for the emissions that have caused the crisis This would be climate justice at a global level ACT Alliance Climate Justice group co-chair Designed and built by ACW there are currently 27 United Nations institutions based on the UN Campus The development of Bonn as a UN location (beginning with UNHCR in 1951 and then with UNEP/CMS and many more since 1984) has been gaining momentum; there is major interest in setting up in the city Germany provides the United Nations with some 50,000 square metres of office and conference space in the former parliamentary quarter on the banks of the Rhine the Climate Tower and the historical Haus Carstanjen make up the Bonn UN Campus with a staff of almost a thousand Various federal ministries provide support to help attract accommodate and run the institutions on the campus as well as support for UN conferences and projects in Bonn the German Bundestag and the Federal Government support the further development and strengthening of Bonn as a UN location The City of Bonn and Land North Rhine-Westphalia are also committed champions of Bonn’s UN Campus and the city’s international profile Focal areas of the United Nations at the Bonn UN Campus are sustainability the environment and climate as well as education A further focus is currently emerging in the field of administration and personnel management With many other renowned and internationally operating governmental and non-governmental organisations also present in the city Bonn has evolved into an international hub for implementing the 2030 Agenda The motto of all UN institutions based in Bonn is “Shaping a sustainable future” They each follow this motto in line with their own objectives and priorities the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign (SDG Action Campaign) works from its headquarters in Bonn to raise awareness of and support the realisation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) around the world it hosts the annual interactive Global Festival of Action which does a great deal to help raise the profile of the 2030 Agenda and promote its implementation The United Nations University (UNU) plays a central role in research education and innovation relating to the UN Sustainability Goals It cooperates with the University of Bonn in this area for example in the form of joint Master’s courses The United Nations System Staff College based in Turin runs the UNSSC Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development in Bonn whose courses are also open to interested parties from governments The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) focuses on transformative change in its work to implement the 2030 Agenda The UNFCCC organises around 100 workshops and conferences in Bonn every year and with the Climate Change Conference held in the city in 2017 (COP23) it staged Germany’s largest ever intergovernmental conference Bonn put itself on the map once and for all as an international conference location The World Conference Center Bonn (WorldCCBonn) alone can host events with up to 7000 participants directly adjacent to the UN Campus The Federal City of Bonn itself has long had a strong international profile and is home to people from more than 180 nations Bonn: center for international cooperation and sustainable development www.bonn.de/@uno-stadt www.unbonn.org www.unric.org​​​​​​​ © 1995 – 2025   Federal Foreign Office As climate negotiators wrap up meetings this week in Bonn to lay the groundwork for COP29 negotiations in November geopolitical and economic fragmentation continue to complicate multilateral climate action and persistent inflation in major economies—during a year in which more than half the global population will vote in democratic elections—are driving uncertainty in the energy transition and making international climate action more challenging.   Yet these challenges make international cooperation doubly important and success at COP29 will require governments to focus their efforts on a key set of objectives within the negotiations and also pursue climate action outside of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) process.  Despite the challenges faced by negotiators in Bonn COP29 is expected to feature a landmark new agreement on climate finance calls for renewed ambition in countries’ Nationally Determined Commitments (NDCs) and increased scrutiny of the commitments and roles of major oil and gas producers.   A year after the first Global Stocktake showed that the world is falling far short of its climate targets eyes will be on Baku to see how governments respond COP29 must focus on the issues most critical to achieving global climate targets and ensuring the implementation of previous COP commitments:  a critical mechanism for advancing these priorities is unavailable this year: the 2024 regional climate weeks were cancelled due to resource constraints Regional climate weeks have become a critical instrument for generating more effective climate cooperation and for empowering countries that have historically been sidelined at global conferences and that are also the most impacted by climate change.   Each region faces a unique set of opportunities, challenges, and resources in the energy transition, and regional infrastructure solutions will be necessary to efficiently 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The cancellation is especially disappointing after the COP28 negotiated decision’s landmark recognition that different regions will have different timelines and pathways toward net-zero.   While targets can be set in global negotiations There is a risk that without opportunities to explore regional solutions and elevate the perspectives of more countries the COP process will fail to produce durable it is imperative that governments renew efforts to advance climate action outside of the UNFCCC process through bilateral and regional collaboration on technology development many of the landmark accomplishments of recent COPs require such cooperation the agreement to triple renewable energy capacity and major technological agreements outside the negotiations including the Carbon Management Challenge and pledge to triple nuclear energy generation.   Where shifting supply chains and deglobalization offer challenges to global climate action they may also offer opportunities for countries to strengthen collaboration with key regional partners and to forge new partnerships If climate action cannot adapt to fit and support new geopolitical realities Achieving global climate targets was always going to require cooperation in the face of tension and conflict And if the window for consensus-based action through COP is narrowed by that tension governments must find other avenues to enhance cooperation and redefine climate action as a key piece of geopolitical and economic strategy This may be the year to prove that it is possible.  New report finds gap between leaders and laggards on methane emissions widens, underscores importance of new regulations As we hurtle towards another Conference of the Parties (COP) it is only natural to reflect on the progress the global climate community has made since meeting at COP28 in Dubai last year Whilst recent reports show significant growth in clean energy investments There are geopolitical trends shaping the future of climate action that policymakers must take into account Sign up today to receive the latest content Support CATF’s work to safeguard against the worst impacts of climate change © Copyright 2025 Clean Air Task Force. 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meet the experts on the front line of climate change who explore new strategies to mitigate and adapt Climate activists glued themselves to the tarmac at four German airports this morning forcing a temporary halt to flights as part of a “relentless” campaign against fossil fuels The Last Generation group said a total of eight activists were involved in the protests at Berlin It follows a string of similar protests this summer The group is demanding that the German government negotiate and sign an agreement on a global exit from the use of oil "What is at stake right now are billions of human lives Climate collapse is already a reality for many people,” said one of the activists in a video message from the runway “We still have the privilege of being able to do something about it here.”  Flights were suspended at Cologne-Bonn after two people were reported to have attached themselves to the asphalt Police said a hole was found in an airport fence Flights also were halted for about an hour at Nuremberg two people who had attached themselves to the ground were removed and detained Last Generation (Letzte Generation) last month staged protests at Cologne-Bonn Airport and Frankfurt Airport which significantly disrupted passenger flights an overnight protest by climate activists at Leipzig/Halle Airport Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wrote on social network X that “these criminal actions are dangerous and stupid” and that protesters “are not just risking their own lives but also endangering others.” She pointed to legislation approved by the German Cabinet last month that would impose tougher penalties on people who break through airport perimeters The bill, which still requires approval by lawmakers, foresees punishment ranging up to a two-year prison sentence for people who intentionally intrude on airside areas of airports such as taxiways or runways Currently such intrusions only draw a fine Compared to the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs), the Bonn Climate Conference (SB 60, 3 – 13 June) gets barely any time in the public spotlight the discussions here play a critical role in shaping negotiations at COPs and provide a window into what lies ahead representatives from nearly 200 countries will seek to fulfil ambitious climate financing goals and accelerate national action on climate change to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement Germany is an important opportunity to build momentum with international stakeholders and negotiators also known as the 60th Meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB60) will bring together countries that are signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) It will serve as a crucial midpoint between the 28th COP in Dubai and COP 29 in Azerbaijan and its outcomes will set the stage for the next phase of global climate negotiations Talks in Bonn aim to bridge gaps and find common ground on contentious issues The ultimate objective is to produce a draft negotiating text which 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webpage More from our Engagement Hub This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate the initiative will focus on low-income countries and support projects in Africa “one of the top priorities under Italy’s rotating G7 presidency this year” It added that details of the scheme will be agreed by G7 development ministers in the coming months Sign up to Carbon Brief's free "Cropped" email newsletter Madagascar’s agricultural minister Suzelin Rakotoarisolo Ratohiarijaona was also critical of the lack of involvement of African smallholder farmers in the new scheme saying: “It’s telling that the Apulia Initiative was developed without their input it can’t hope to understand or address the daily challenges they face.” He added that the scheme must channel new finance towards grassroots groups and “encourage a shift to more diverse and nature-friendly forms of agriculture” ‘ZERO’ HARVESTS: The new initiative came as the chief officer of the World Food Programme told BBC News that parts of Africa as well as the Middle East and Latin America are now unable to sustain crops due to constant floods and droughts leaving people completely reliant on humanitarian aid WFP director Martin Frick told the broadcaster that some of the poorest regions had now reached a tipping point of having “zero” harvests left as “extreme weather was pushing already degraded land beyond use” months of heavy rain and flooding has left 10% of all farmland unusable cereal crop yields are 78% below the average for the previous five-year average amid drought and civil war CLIMATE-RELATED IMPACTS: Extreme weather events and diseases are hampering harvests and driving up orange prices in Brazil and Florida, Axios reported citrus production has declined 3% on average annually since 2003 and that according to the International Monetary Fund the price of oranges globally rose from $2.76 in 2023 to $3.68 in April this year professor of climate impacts at the University of Leeds told Carbon Brief that “climate change is beginning to outpace us because it is interacting with our complex interrelated economic and food systems” Carbon Brief explores the progress made regarding agriculture and food security at the recent Bonn climate talks The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) formally addresses issues and works towards solutions in agriculture and food systems through the Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security (SSJW).  When SSJW negotiations ended at COP28 in Dubai several experts told Carbon Brief that those outcomes had been disastrous with the only tangible result of the summit being an “informal note” The major sticking points at COP28 were the subject matter of a series of workshops to be held under the SSJW umbrella and the creation of a “coordination group” to oversee the implementation of the recommendations from those workshops this round of negotiations at Bonn were “surprisingly sensible” an advocacy analyst at Action Against Hunger told Carbon Brief that “the vibe was nothing like Dubai” and the “parties started to engage constructively from the beginning”.   circulated by the EU negotiators ahead of the negotiations allowed parties to react and “slowly became a way forward for consensus” the G77 plus China negotiating group – who had advocated strenuously for the coordination group in Dubai – took a less hardline stance on the creation of the group.   The negotiators ultimately agreed upon two workshop topics: one on “systemic and holistic approaches to implementation of climate action on agriculture food systems and food security” and the other on “progress challenges and opportunities related to identifying needs and accessing means of implementation for climate action in agriculture and food security” The draft conclusions from Bonn also provide a roadmap for the remainder of the SSJW’s mandate where parties will be able to upload their submissions for each workshop should be developed over the next five months and presented at COP29 in November.  acting head of international advocacy at WWF-UK said the roadmap was an “important and positive breakthrough” It represented a “prime opportunity for governments to prioritise systemic and holistic approaches to transforming our food systems and make them healthy The FT said “last-minute changes of heart from Austria and Slovakia” allowed the law to pass the vote from Austria came from climate minister Leonore Gewessler who did not obtain approval from her coalition government partner which is currently holding the EU presidency said Austria’s vote was “unlawful” and that his party would seek criminal charges against Gewessler for “alleged abuse of power” High temperatures and severe drought are impacting the northern part of the country while “heavy rains inundate the south” It noted that the spring and summer planting seasons have been disrupted in key rice- and wheat-producing regions COTTON CROPS: High temperatures are “threatening cotton production” in the world’s fifth-largest cotton producer, Pakistan, Bloomberg reported Nearly 10% of the total crop in Sindh – “one of the country’s most fertile provinces” – has been damaged by heat already and “the situation is poised to get worse” According to the country’s meteorological department the month of June will bring rapid-onset “flash” drought excessive heat is also affecting sugarcane banana and seasonal vegetables like chillies ALGERIA RIOTS: The Associated Press reported that “violent riots erupted in a drought-stricken Algerian desert city last weekend after months of water shortages left taps running dry and forced residents to queue to access water for their households” “protestors wearing balaclavas set tires aflame and set up make-shift barricades blocking roads to protest their water being rationed” It continued: “The unrest followed demands from President Abdelmajid Tebboune to rectify the suffering At a council of ministers meeting last week he implored his cabinet to implement ‘emergency measures’ in Tiaret Several government ministers were later sent to ‘ask for an apology from the population’ and to promise that access to drinking water would be restored.” MOSQUITOES TO THE RESCUE: NPR reported on how scientists are transporting hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes to Hawaii to try to save their native bird species DEEP DIVE: On Last Week Tonight comedian John Oliver dived into the controversy surrounding deep-sea mining this is not available to watch in the 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ANCESTRAL FORESTS: Nautilus chronicled an expedition to Hoh Rainforest in Washington state “one of the largest old-growth temperate rainforests in the world” AFFECTED FISHERMEN: A multimedia story by InfoNile explored the impacts of overexploitation and illegal taxes by militias on fish production in Africa’s Lake Edward Ice-free period too long for southern and western Hudson Bay polar bear populations if global warming exceeds 1.6 to 2.6C The increasing number of days without sea ice in southern and western Hudson Bay an inland marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean in Canada could make the loss of polar bears from this region “inevitable” even if efforts are pursued to limit future climate change The study drew on the latest high-resolution climate models to project the length of the ice-free period in Hudson Bay The authors said: “Limiting global warming to 2C above pre-industrial levels may prevent the ice-free period from exceeding 183 days…providing some optimism for adult polar bear survival with longer ice-free periods already substantially impacting recruitment extirpation for polar bears in this region may already be inevitable.” Intensified future heat extremes linked with increasing ecosystem water limitation increasing water stress in land ecosystems will likely amplify the effects of extreme heat on people and wildlife globally The researchers explained that while heat extremes “are mostly introduced by atmospheric circulation patterns” which can provide a natural cooling service through plant transpiration and soil evaporation when there are ample water supplies when water supplies in ecosystems are limited The authors said: “We identify hotspot regions in tropical South America and across Canada and northern Eurasia where relatively strong trends towards increased ecosystem water limitation jointly occur with amplifying heat extremes.” Early-stage loss of ecological integrity drives the risk of zoonotic disease emergence  The emergence of new diseases from animals – known as “zoonotic diseases” – is “strongly linked” to human pressures on biodiversity The study updated the most comprehensive zoonotic emerging infectious disease event database with the latest reported events to analyse the relationship between new outbreaks and human pressures on ecosystems The authors said: “We found emerging infectious disease risk was strongly predicted by structural integrity metrics such as human footprint and ecoregion intactness in addition to environmental variables such as tropical rainforest density and mammal species richness.” Emerging infectious disease events “were more likely to occur in areas with intermediate levels of compositional and structural integrity underscoring the risk posed by human encroachment into pristine This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s fortnightly Cropped email newsletter. 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Cropped 23 April 2025: Beef vs the Amazon; BRICS vs tariffs; Ag alphabet Cropped 9 April 2025: Trump’s tariffs; UK megafarm ‘blocked’; ‘Sus timber’ in Tasmania Cropped 26 March 2025: US birds in peril; UK ecologists ‘job fears’; Finance ‘fuelling’ deforestation Cropped 12 March 2025: Trump and timber; Food fights; Peru’s peatlands A joint venture between The University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne Hospital The University of Melbourne’s Professor Sharon Lewin AO Director of the Doherty Institute and the Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bonn in Germany an international research partnership between the University of Bonn and the Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics focused on groundbreaking research into early immunity to develop novel targets for therapeutics for pathogens of pandemic potential.  “The Faculty of Medicine’s decision to bestow an honorary doctorate on Professor Sharon Lewin is undoubtedly an occasion of great significance and a landmark event in its partnership with the University of Melbourne and the Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics,” says Professor Bernd Weber Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and CEO of the University Hospital Bonn “It’s a demonstration of our shared values and our dedication to a common cause namely promoting scientific excellence in medicine and making pioneering contributions to solving global challenges through international partnerships.” Professor Lewin received her medical degree (1986) and PhD (1997) from Monash University and completed post-doctoral training at the Rockefeller University She heads a laboratory of 25 scientists and clinicians working on basic and translational research and early phase clinical trials aimed at finding a cure for HIV understanding how HIV interacts with hepatitis B and novel antiviral strategies for SARS-CoV2 Professor Lewin said that it was a great honour to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Bonn  “The world-leading work the University of Bonn does in fundamental and applied immunology is highly complementary to our work at the Doherty Institute focused on discovery science and the prevention The University of Bonn is also an important strategic partner of the Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics as we continue our work together to harness the immune system as a therapeutic for pathogens of pandemic potential “I am proud of this recognition and look forward to further strengthening our collaboration,” said Professor Lewin Professor Lewin has authored over 360 publications and given over 100 major international invited talks on HIV cure. She co-chairs the International AIDS Society’s “Towards an HIV Cure” program and is the immediate Past President of the International AIDS Society (IAS) (2022 – 2024) the largest professional society representing people working in HIV medicine with over 14,000 members She was also awarded the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) Outstanding Female Research Medal in 2022 “Professor Sharon Lewin is one of the most outstanding infectious disease experts of our time,” says Professor Christian Kurts Director of the Institute of Experimental Immunology at the University of Bonn and University Hospital Bonn For some years now, the researchers in Bonn have been collaborating with Professor Lewin in a Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Within the group, early-career infectious disease immunologists are trained both in the ImmunoSensation2 Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bonn and at the Doherty Institute in Melbourne “I’m delighted that we’ll now be able to continue our longstanding and extremely successful collaboration under the auspices of the Bonn Cumming Host-Directed Pandemic Therapeutics Research Program,” Kurts adds The honorary doctorate was awarded during a scientific symposium held at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases on the Venusberg Campus at the University of Bonn Also in attendance alongside Professor Lewin was guest of honor businessman and philanthropist Mr Geoff Cumming whose donation enabled the establishment of the Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of the land where our Institute stands We are committed to collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to reduce the unacceptable burden of infectious disease We are committed to training the next generation of exceptional Indigenous leaders in infection and immunity Bonn is the headquarters of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – the secretariat of the international treaty fighting climate change The city hosts an annual in-person meeting where countries advance their discussions at technical level so that important political decisions can be made at the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) The European Commission represents the European Union at the negotiations as a Party to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement A small delegation of around 30 staff cooperates with representatives from all 27 EU Member States to present the unified EU positions on the various negotiation items This year’s Bonn session follows COP28 in Dubai where countries worked to finalise the first Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement there were preliminary discussions on what was learned from the stocktaking process how the results will be implemented and how the process can be improved Divergences still exist with regards to the scope of follow-up dialogues that can support the implementation of the overall outcomes of the Global Stocktake Before the Bonn session opened, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) confirmed that developed countries provided and mobilised a total of USD 115.9 billion in climate finance for developing countries exceeding the annual USD 100 billion goal which developed countries had committed to mobilising per year for 2020-2025 With public finance of over USD 30 billion and further private finance mobilised the EU and its Member States contributed over a third of that total attention turned to setting a new climate finance goal after 2025 the main mandated deliverable of COP29 in Baku starting from a floor of USD 100 billion and taking into account the needs and priorities of developing countries Details of this New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG) should be decided at COP29 discussions in Bonn helped to further identify options on the elements of the new goal Food systems are an often overlooked topic in climate negotiations but this year’s Bonn session did see negotiators agree on a roadmap to discuss climate action for agriculture and food security Parties will now be able to start work in Baku putting the elements in place to help create a global climate-smart food system had emphasized that countries’ new climate plans will be the “most important climate documents produced in this century” all Parties to the Paris Agreement are due to submit new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) covering post 2030 efforts to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals and be aligned with the 1.5°C target building on the energy transition goals agreed in Dubai We appreciate the efforts of the Troika of COP Presidencies – UAE Azerbaijan and Brazil - in promoting the design of ambitious NDCs critical to making the upcoming round meet the criteria of demonstrating progression and the highest possible ambition The Bonn session leaves us with some confidence that the vast majority of developed and developing countries are determined to follow up on the agreed global mitigation efforts and keep driving global ambition the action and ambition of major emitters is critical for keeping 1.5˚C alive The EU is committed to sustained international climate diplomacy and a sincere cooperation in the next months to work for a successful outcome at COP29 The EU looks forward to continued good cooperation with the incoming Azerbaijani Presidency and all Parties in the pursuit of more ambitious action to tackle the climate crisis There are currently no upcoming/recent events Thanks for visiting Which language would you like to use this site in Speaking at the conclusion of the UN-organized Bonn Climate Change Conference today Amnesty International Climate Justice Advisor said: “Provision of greater climate finance and guarantees around civic space are essential if COP29 later this year is to advance human rights-based solutions to the climate crisis Unfortunately the lack of progress towards these goals in Bonn is concerning It is time for historical polluters to pay the climate debt they owe which sets out arrangements between the COP summit organizers and the host authorities The document should also be made publicly available in time for attendees to assess any risks they could face It is unacceptable that the Host Country Agreement for last year’s COP28 in the United Arab Emirates has only just been made available to us and contains no reference to the protection of these rights “Far too little progress has been made at Bonn to ensure that states will agree a new adequately scaled-up target at COP29 for finance from high-income polluting countries to lower-income states on the frontline of the climate crisis including high-income fossil fuel producing states must act to help protect the rights of people in lower income countries who are bearing the brunt of climate change but are least responsible for causing it It is time for historical polluters to pay the climate debt they owe.” Together we can fight for human rights everywhere. Your donation can transform the lives of millions. If you are talented and passionate about human rights then Amnesty International wants to hear from you. Counting insects might sound about as frustrating as looking for a needle in a haystack. But according to the German NGO WILA Bonn, the data collected in such counts is valuable because it helps scientists assess how climate change is affecting bug survival. With the help of volunteers, WILA Bonn is trialing a method of insect conservation management in urban areas. The main challenges they face are a lack of green spaces The German NGO Bonn Science Shop (WILA Bonn) has launched a pilot insect-counting project to evaluate which species are endangered and which can adapt to city life Several people have volunteered to help carry out the tricky and time-consuming research. DW sat in on an outdoor bug-counting workshop in Bonn in western Germany.