Empty words, hollow promises, and false solutions ring loud at Bonn conference on climate change

A statement by Friends of the Earth International and the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice criticizing the Bonn climate conference for a lack of concrete action, the failure of developed nations to provide loss and damage finance, and the promotion of 'false solutions' such as geoengineering and carbon markets.

• Civil society organizations argue that developed countries are avoiding their climate obligations by refusing to discuss loss and damage finance and attempting to shift the responsibility for climate action onto developing countries.
• The statement condemns the use of 'false solutions' and 'technofixes'—including geoengineering, new carbon markets, and 'net zero' strategies—which are described as 'carbon colonialism' that threatens biodiversity and food sovereignty.
• Critics highlight a contradiction in the behavior of rich nations, specifically the US and EU, who call for mitigation ambition from the Global South while expanding their own domestic fossil fuel production and exports.
• There is a specific demand for climate finance to be public and grant-based rather than loan-based, with a particular emphasis on ensuring direct access for women and communities to support gender-responsive climate action.
• The document asserts that agriculture negotiations at the conference ignored 'agroecology' in favor of dangerous carbon sequestration strategies, failing to prioritize food security based on nature and local communities.

APA

FOEIAdmin (2022). Empty words, hollow promises, and false solutions ring loud at Bonn conference on climate change. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/empty-words-at-the-bonn-conference-on-climate-change/

Chicago

FOEIAdmin. Empty words, hollow promises, and false solutions ring loud at Bonn conference on climate change. Friends of the Earth International, 2022. https://www.foei.org/empty-words-at-the-bonn-conference-on-climate-change/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{foeiadmin2022empty, author = {FOEIAdmin}, title = {{Empty words, hollow promises, and false solutions ring loud at Bonn conference on climate change}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2022}, month = jun, url = {https://www.foei.org/empty-words-at-the-bonn-conference-on-climate-change/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }