Slow Progress at Bonn Climate Talks at Odds with Urgency of the Climate Crisis

The document criticizes the lack of substantial progress at the UN climate negotiations in Bonn, specifically regarding the rules for carbon markets and attempts by some countries to block discussions on limiting warming to 1.5 Celsius. It calls for world leaders to align national commitments with the 1.5 Celsius goal at the upcoming UN Climate Action Summit and highlights the need for increased financial contributions to the Green Climate Fund. Positive developments noted include the UK passing a net-zero emissions law and investors demanding urgent climate action.

• Negotiations in Bonn failed to achieve significant progress on the rules for carbon markets, which are intended to maintain the environmental integrity of the Paris Agreement; these discussions have been postponed until COP25 in Chile.
• A small group of countries blocked further discussion on the UN climate scientific report regarding the 1.5 Celsius warming limit, an action described as a deliberate attempt to undermine efforts to increase national commitments under the Paris Agreement.
• While nearly 30 developing countries committed to improving their national climate goals, they require financial resources to do so, with a call for other developed nations to follow Germany and Norway in doubling their contributions to the Green Climate Fund.

APA

Waskow, D. (2019). Slow Progress at Bonn Climate Talks at Odds with Urgency of the Climate Crisis. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/news/statement-slow-progress-bonn-climate-talks-odds-urgency-climate-crisis

Chicago

Waskow, David. Slow Progress at Bonn Climate Talks at Odds with Urgency of the Climate Crisis. World Resources Institute, 2019. https://www.wri.org/news/statement-slow-progress-bonn-climate-talks-odds-urgency-climate-crisis.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{waskow2019slow, author = {Waskow, David}, title = {{Slow Progress at Bonn Climate Talks at Odds with Urgency of the Climate Crisis}}, publisher = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2019}, month = jun, url = {https://www.wri.org/news/statement-slow-progress-bonn-climate-talks-odds-urgency-climate-crisis}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }