Highlights and images for 10 June 2026

The climate change negotiations have attracted an increasingly diverse group of stakeholders over the years and the process has become more multifaceted as a result of their engagement. There are good reasons for this: climate impacts are varied and affect people, communities, and sectors in many different ways. Climate action can only be truly effective if these specificities are taken into account. Many of the discussions at the 2026 June Climate Meetings are trying to respond to this challenge.

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At the last session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Parties adopted a new Gender Action Plan (GAP). It sets out deliverables designed to enhance the collection, analysis, and use of gender- and age-disaggregated data. Kick-starting the implementation of the GAP, experts met in Bonn to map available data, good practices, and gaps. Among others, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) presented its Children Climate Risk Index and other data repositories it manages. 

The session highlighted how gender- and age-disaggregated data provide fine grained insights aimed at informing targeted interventions in areas such as health, social services, and education. Participants shared insights on:

• how climate change affects care burdens;
• how health data can be incorporated into climate reporting, including with regard to disease burden and maternal mortality;
• links between extreme weather events, displacement, food insecurity, and increased rates of violence against women and girls; and
• gender-disaggregated insights on emissions-intensive practices.

Another event focused on Indigenous Peoples and local communities, considering their ethical and equitable engagement in national reporting. Participants discussed how transparency reports could better reflect community-based monitoring and diverse ways of understanding climate impacts. The Consultative Group of Experts provided insights on how Indigenous knowledge has been incorporated into the first round of Biennial Transparency Reports, highlighting the example of traditional fire management practices.

A negotiation session also addressed the needs of the least developed countries (LDCs). These are the countries which, based on criteria such as per capita income, school enrolment, nutrition levels, and economic and environmental vulnerability, receive special recognition and attention by the UN and UNFCCC. In Bonn, delegates are initiating the stocktake of the progress of the LDC Expert Group (LEG), the constituted body that supports this group of countries in implementing climate action. In this context, many parties lauded the LEG’s updated technical guidelines for National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) as helpful not only to LDCs, but to other countries as well. They also underscored the need to better support LDCs in accessing climate finance, especially for NAP implementation.