Mid-year UN negotiations in Bonn were pushed into overtime last night, as countries failed to agree on a financing deal to help developing countries adapt to climate change.
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Simon Stiell called out the “you-first-ism” of nations refusing to deliver commitments before others do so.
“There remain significant divides, and significant work for the intersessional period ahead,” he added.
While some progress was made on the ‘Just Transition’, which aims to ensure that the benefits of moving away from fossil fuels are shared fairly, the talks were overshadowed by questionable interests and growing scrutiny over who actually gets a seat at the table.
Some argue that the Bonn talks were frustrated by a “small group of fossil fuels interests” attacking the science of climate change behind closed doors, French news agency AFP reports.
