Razan Al Mubarak urges decisive climate action at Bonn Climate Change Conference

Razan Al Mubarak urges decisive climate action at Bonn Climate Change Conference

BONN, Germany, 8th June, 2023 (WAM) -- Razan Al Mubarak, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for the COP28 Presidency, is advocating for more robust voluntary climate actions by the private sector, local governments and civil society at the Bonn Climate Change Conference this week.

Held from 5th-15th June, the event is part of the formal United Nations negotiations on climate and marks an important stop on the road to the high-level UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) which will take place in the UAE this December.

The Bonn conference is expected to make progress on several critical issues, including the operational details of a Loss and Damage Fund created last year to compensate victims of flooding, sea-level rise and other extreme events brought on by climate change. Also on the agenda will be the Global Stocktake, an official assessment, to be unveiled in the coming months, of how well the world is doing in tackling the climate challenge. On this and other key issues, experts in Bonn will be working to prepare draft texts for adoption at COP28.

Decisions at the yearly COP meetings are legally binding and are adopted by all parties signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. At