Bonn Climate Conference 2026:
At the Bonn Climate Conference 2026 (SB64), health advocacy groups led by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) urged developed countries to triple public adaptation finance to $120 billion annually by 2035.
- The Bonn Climate Conference refers to the annual mid-year climate negotiations held under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
- Officially known as the 64th Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64), it serves as a technical and preparatory meeting ahead of the annual COP summit.
- The 2026 conference is being held in Bonn, Germany
- Aim:
- To advance implementation of commitments made under the Paris Agreement and previous COP decisions.
- To facilitate negotiations on adaptation, mitigation, climate finance, loss and damage, and just transition.
Key Outcomes:
- Health groups called for increasing public grant-based adaptation finance from the COP26 target of $40 billion to $120 billion annually by 2035.
Fossil Fuel Transition - Developed countries were urged to publish national roadmaps for transitioning away from fossil fuels.
- Discussions stressed alignment with the 1.5°Cglobal warming pathway.
- Technical discussions began on operationalizing the 59 Belém Adaptation Indicators adopted at COP30.
- Deliberations continued under the Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work on Agriculture and Food Security to improve climate resilience in agriculture.
- Discussions focused on operationalizing the new Just Transition Mechanism agreed at COP30 to support capacity building and technical cooperation.
