Starting tomorrow, climate negotiators and experts from around the world will gather in Bonn, Germany, for the annual UN June Climate Meetings – formally called the sixty-fourth sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (SB64).
These meetings are a crucial stepping stone, helping to set the agenda for the COP31 UN Climate Conference in November in Antalya, Türkiye, and driving action now.
They come at a critical time - as climate impacts get worse, like the shocking recent extreme heat killing thousands in a single day. And as economies and households everywhere are hammered by sky-high fossil fuel costs, driven by conflict.
The June Climate Meetings will have a strong focus on advancing issues like climate resilience, protecting workers and communities, delivering agreed finance commitments, and ensuring no country is left behind in the global clean energy boom. As renewables smash investment records.
“So now’s the time to double down on delivering in full on the Paris Climate Agreement. Meeting the targets we set in the first global stocktake - like tripling renewable energy, doubling energy efficiency, and transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner,” writes UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell in a recent LinkedIn post. “The Global Climate Action Agenda - which brings together governments, companies, innovators, investors, and civil society - can help us meet these targets and build the confidence we need to set stronger ones in the future.”
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