Highlights and images for 23 June 2025

As the second week of SB 62 begins, members of civil society demonstrate outside the venue, calling for loan based climate finance to be stopped and for debt to be cancelled

As the second week of SB 62 begins, members of civil society demonstrate outside the venue, calling loans the 'trojan horse' of climate finance and emphasizing that debt needs to be cancelled

Adaptation negotiators were in high demand throughout the day. Delegates continued to reflect on the development of indicators to track progress toward the Global Goal on Adaptation that was established in the Paris Agreement. The objective is to provide guidance to the experts tasked with further refining the indicative list of indicators ahead of the next negotiation session in Belém.

Parties also debated the respective roles of the governing bodies to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement in the review of the Adaptation Committee. This governance debate has halted progress on the review for several years and is surfacing across an increasing number of agenda items. Discussions were more productive with regard to the guidance for preparing adaptation communications, where parties converged on conducting the review in 2028.

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Delegates wait outside the meeting rooms for different sessions to begin

Delegates waiting outside a meeting room for the next session to begin

Possibly the most heated segment of the day was the consultations by the Subsidiary Bodies’ Chairs with parties on the implementation of Paris Agreement Article 9.1 (developed countries’ provision of climate finance). Developing countries underscored the inadequacy of current levels of finance, lamenting mounting costs related to loss and damage and the debt burden caused by non-concessional loans. A key question is whether to conduct standalone consideration of Article 9.1 or to consider it in conjunction with other finance-related provisions. The Subsidiary Bodies’ Chairs will take stock of their consultations and report back thereon in Belém.

Delegates listen to the discussion on developed countries' provision of finance (Article 9.1)

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell urged the Western European and Others Group to swiftly settle on a nomination for the host of the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, underscoring the need to launch logistics preparation and programmatic work. Australia and Türkiye reiterated their respective bids.

Delegates take note of discussions throughout the day

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Informal Consultations Throughout the Day

Informal consultations on the greenhouse gas data interface

Informal consultations on matters relating to capacity building

Informal consultations on Paris Agreement Article 6.8 (non-market approaches)

Informal consultations on research and systematic observations

Informal consultations on the Global Goal on Adaptation

Informal consultations on the review of the Adaptation Committee

SB Chairs' Consultations on Developed Countries' Provision of Finance under the Paris Agreement (Article 9.1)

Delegates gather for the SB Chairs' consultations on developed countries' provision of finance under the Paris Agreement (Article 9.1)

Outi Honkatukia, EU

Naresh Pal Gangwar, India

Adonia Ayebare, SBSTA Chair, consults with Julia Gardiner, SBI Chair

Felix Wertli, Switzerland, on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)

Yousif Muayad, Iraq, on behalf of the G-77/China

Delegates listen to the deliberations

Mohammad Ayoub, Saudi Arabia, on behalf of the Arab Group

Sally Box, Australia

Diego Pacheco, Bolivia, on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)

Evans Davie Njewa, Malawi, on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Delegates consult during the session

Paris Committee on Capacity-building

Delegates gather for the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB)

Princess Abze Djigma, Burkina Faso

Cécile Schneider, Germany

Michael Ochieng Okumu, Kenya

Khalida Bashir, Pakistan

Jorge Cárcamo, Honduras

Kayah Ward, Antigua and Barbuda

Civil Society Actions

Members of civil society demonstrate in the corridors, calling for greater action on climate finance and emphasizing that 'carbon markets are not climate finance'

The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) demonstrate, saying 'code blue–the climate crisis is a health crisis'

Members of civil society demonstrate to remind delegates of the urgent need to address loss and damage, calling for greater inclusion in nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and to make funding available