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Deadlock marred Day 1 of the Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany with parties failing to agree on the most crucial matter- Climate finance.
Cracks between the global South and North were evident with the developed countries refusing to allow inclusion of climate financing and unilateral trade measures agendas which have the backing of more than 130 countries under the G77 and China bloc.
On the first day of the meeting, delegates were forced to burn the midnight oil due to intense lobbying by rich Countries in a bid to agree on the main agenda of the meeting.
Negotiators and observers finally agreed on a substantive agenda in early hours of the second day in bid to kick the off the meeting.
After an intense closed door session, the meeting kicked off with issues like Just Transition Work Programme, UAE Dialogue on the Global Stocktake, consultations on the Baku to Belem Roadmap on climate finance, and the Sharm El-Sheikh Dialogue on Article 2.1c.
Pressing issues on the agenda include Climate finance for developing countries, Global Goal on Adaptation, just transition pathways, technology transfer and transparency frameworks among others.
During day one of the climate conference delegates failed to reach a compromise of the agenda despite serious lobbying and side chats by the European Union.
The crack between the global North and global South was on display as developing Countries pressed their rich counterparts to walk the talk on climate financing and just transition.
With more than 5000 delegates congregating at the World Conference Center in Bonn, the next two weeks are going to be crucial as delegates seek to hammer a deal on major technical issues before the COP30 in Brazil.
Members of the African civil societies have raised the alarm due to lack of progress on key issues affecting the global South.
Key among them is the lack of a clear roadmap toward meeting the Global Goal on Adaptation premised in African realities and community-led solutions.
The civil society members have also raised concerns with lack of quantifiable sub-targets for adaptation finance under the New Collective Quantified Goal which designate at least 50% of climate finance for adaptation.
The Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance says the outcomes of the Bonn conference must reflect the lived realities, aspirations, and urgent needs of the world’s most climate-vulnerable continent.
PACJA Executive Director Dr. Mithika Mwenda says the promise of adaptation finance remains unfulfilled.
“African communities continue to absorb the worst climate impacts with the least support. We demand A clear roadmap toward meeting the Global Goal on Adaptation grounded in African realities and community-led solutions,” PACJA says the SB62 must recognize Africa’s right to energy access, industrial development, and value addition.
The members of the African Civil society groups have also called for the establishment of strict safeguards to prevent land grabs, double-counting, and speculative finance.
The two week conference is the pre-cursor to the Conference of parties meeting in Belem, Brazil later this year.
