The June 2026 Bonn Climate Change Conference ended with limited progress as negotiators failed to agree on key issues including scaling up global emissions cuts and funding for climate adaptation. Deep political tensions between developed and developing countries over climate finance blocked progress on the global goal on adaptation (GGA). Developing nations pushed for a reference to the COP30 pledge to triple adaptation finance by 2035, but Canada, Norway, and Japan opposed including that target in the GGA text. A package of texts on a just transition mechanism was agreed for COP31 in Turkey, which some delegates saw as a positive outcome. However, trust in the UN climate process weakened as many diplomats lamented the lack of consensus. The article from Carbon Brief covers the key disputes and outcomes from the 64th session of the UNFCCC subsidiary bodies.
