Bonn Negotiations Can Set a Strong Foundation for Higher Ambition. Here's How.

The briefing identifies critical areas for the June 2019 Bonn negotiations, including the design of market-based mechanisms to avoid double-counting, the use of IPCC reports to inform revised nationally determined contributions (NDCs), and the need for effective climate finance. It emphasizes the importance of resourcing the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund, enhancing capacity building through the PCCB and CGE, and defining the future of the Warsaw International Mechanism for loss and damage.

• The Bonn negotiations aim to support the revision and enhancement of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) ahead of the September 2019 UN Climate Action Summit. Key technical priorities include establishing common reporting formats to ensure climate efforts are "consistent and comparable" and designing market-based mechanisms to prevent the "double-counting of emissions."
• Climate ambition should be informed by the latest IPCC reports, specifically the 1.5 IPCC report. There is a proposal for the UNFCCC Secretariat to create a synthesis report of NDCs before COP26, and a need for time at COP25 to consider IPCC reports regarding oceans and land.
• Climate finance remains a central issue, with a focus on the goal of mobilizing "$100 billion a year by 2020." The document highlights the first replenishment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as a critical test for developed nations and stresses the need for a reliable flow of finance to the Adaptation Fund via carbon trading mechanisms.
• Capacity building is essential for countries to utilize climate finance, requiring a decision on the future roles of the Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) and the Consultative Group of Expert (CGE).
• Negotiators must determine how the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM), created in 2013, will continue to coordinate support for "loss and damage" in vulnerable developing countries, specifically regarding extreme and slow-onset climate events.

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World Resources Institute (2019). Bonn Negotiations Can Set a Strong Foundation for Higher Ambition. Here's How. https://www.wri.org/insights/bonn-negotiations-can-set-strong-foundation-higher-ambition-heres-how

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@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2019bonn, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Bonn Negotiations Can Set a Strong Foundation for Higher Ambition. Here's How.}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2019}, month = jun, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/bonn-negotiations-can-set-strong-foundation-higher-ambition-heres-how}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }