While the UNFCCC interim climate negotiations are underway in Bonn, the first reports on the new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), also known as NDC 3.0, have been released. These are to be submitted by 2025 with plans for 2035.So far, only 23 out of 196 countries (11.73%) have submitted new... Read More

The Brazilian Presidency of COP30 is approaching its role with great ambition, and in recent months has already highlighted the key points it intends to focus on next November in Belém. Another element on which it is placing great emphasis is the concept of “mutirão”, typical of Brazilian culture and... Read More

Among the main areas of negotiation being worked on in Bonn are the talks on the Global Stocktake, the five-year inventory of national climate commitments. At the end of the first week, the delegations had met only four times for informal consultations, and progress had been very limited. However, it... Read More

COP29 ended with a promise from developed countries to reach the target of $1.3 trillion per year in climate finance for developing countries by 2035. The basis for this commitment is a roadmap, called “From Baku to Belém”, which, under the leadership of the COP29 and COP30 presidencies, will lead... Read More

Among the working groups opened as part of the negotiations on the Global Stocktake, the dialogue with the United Arab Emirates has also resumed here in Bonn. Launched in Dubai at COP28 (1/CMA5 par 97) under the umbrella of climate finance, it focuses on how to translate the results of... Read More

On the second day of consultations on National Adaptation Plans there is still no agreement on how to work: the negotiating text is full of options, and it is not even clear how to deal with them. At COP28 it was agreed that states should submit new National Adaptation Plans... Read More