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

A statement by David Waskow of the World Resources Institute criticizing the slow progress of UN climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, and calling for increased ambition and financial support ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit.

• Negotiations in Bonn were hindered by a small group of countries that blocked further discussion on the UN climate scientific report regarding the 1.5 Celsius warming limit, which Waskow describes as a deliberate attempt to undermine efforts to increase national commitments under the Paris Agreement.
• Positive developments occurred outside formal negotiations, including the United Kingdom becoming the first G7 nation to pass a net-zero emissions law, investors managing nearly half of global invested capital demanding urgent action, and nearly 30 developing countries pledging to improve national climate commitments next year.
• The Bonn talks failed to reach substantial progress on carbon market rules intended to preserve environmental integrity, delaying these discussions until COP25 in Chile. Waskow emphasizes that the rules must prevent multiple countries from claiming credit for the same emission reductions.

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} }