"We must find a way to get to the harder decisions" (S. Still, UN, Bonn, 27/06/2025)

"I am not going to sugarcoat it. We have a lot more to do before we meet again in Belém, says Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, at the closing plenary of the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, on 27/06/2025.

There is so much more work to do to keep 1.5 alive, as science demands. We must find a way to get to the harder decisions sooner. We will need negotiators to sit together between sessions to find common ground. We need leaders and ministers to roll up their sleeves. We need to go further, faster, and fairer. This is your agenda, your process. Progress here will benefit your people. You have so much more in common than what divides you. Just as we have no Planet B, there is no Process B."

From 16 to 26/06/2025, UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTA) met at the seat of the secretariat in Bonn (Germany) to shape the agenda and inform decisions at COP30, which will be held from 10 to 21/11/2025 in Belém (Brazil).

It started with a two-day debate on the adoption of the agenda of the preparatory meeting, delaying the start of the discussions on climate action and…