United Nations Climate Change Conference, June 16, 2025: Representation at the 62nd assembly of auxiliary bodies related to the UN Climate Change Treaty on our digital platform
The sixty-second session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC SB62) is set to take place from 16 to 26 June 2025, in Bonn, Germany. This crucial meeting serves as a pivotal checkpoint to advance various climate-related issues before the upcoming COP30 in Belém, Brazil, scheduled for November 2025.
Over 5,000 government representatives and observers will attend the session, which will focus on progressing adaptation finance and planning, mobilizing ambitious climate finance, strengthening local and subnational involvement, and promoting nature-based and agriculture-related climate solutions.
A key aspect of the agenda is the Adaptation Agenda, where countries will review progress on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), emphasizing closing gaps in finance and technical support, enhancing institutional capacity, and transitioning from planning to actual implementation of adaptation projects. Despite progress in planning, turning those plans into funded and effective actions remains an ongoing challenge.
Climate Finance Mobilization is another critical topic, with discussions aimed at advancing the roadmap to meet the global goal of mobilizing $1.3 trillion USD annually for climate finance. The session will address how this finance contributes to agriculture, food systems, and support for smallholder farmers. The agenda also includes reviews of non-market approaches to international carbon credit sharing.
Integration of Local and Subnational Governments is another focal point, with SB62 providing a platform to enhance collaboration between national and subnational levels of government. This collaboration is essential for influencing updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs 3.0) and aligning local and national climate goals. The agenda includes calls for National Urban-Climate Ministerial meetings ahead of COP30 and advocating for subnational access to climate finance, localized adaptation indicators, and climate action connected with food, nature, biodiversity, health, culture, and land use to ensure a just transition.
Other negotiation topics include market-based cooperative approaches under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, finance flow alignment with Articles 2.1.c and 9, ethical engagement with Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and ocean-climate linkages.
Agriculture and related food systems are recognized as critical sectors where climate solutions are explored, including indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation.
In addition to the main agenda, several important mandated events, workshops, and dialogues will be held during UNFCCC SB62, including on climate change and gender, ocean, agriculture and food security, and Indigenous peoples and local communities.
Our website will participate in several of these events, including the COP30 Presidency/High-Level Champions roundtable on Forests, Water, Oceans and Biodiversity on 18 June, the COP30 Presidency special event on 'Bringing the legacy of Rio to Belem: opportunities for Rio Conventions synergies at COP30' on 17 June, the COP30 Presidency consultations on 'Baku-to-Belém Roadmap to 1.3 T' on 16 and 19 June, and the Annual Global Stocktake/NDC Dialogue 2025 on 19 and 20 June.
Our website will also attend the SB62 in-session workshop on gender and climate change on 16, 18, and 19 June, the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue on 17 and 18 June, co-host the 11th EbA Knowledge Day on 21 June, lead an official SB62 side event on 'Strengthening the Nature-Climate Nexus at COP30?' on 24 June, participate in the Multistakeholder Dialogue on Nature Positive Energy Transition - Driving Synergies from Policy to Implementation convened by the CMS Energy Task Force on 19 June, and attend the SB62 in-person meeting of Marrakech Partnership members and Climate High-Level Champions on 19 June.
Our website delegation will also highlight the forthcoming our website World Conservation Congress as a key space and opportunity to continue building global momentum for joint-up policies and actions that benefit climate, nature, and people.
UNFCCC SB62 aims to lay the groundwork for ambitious outcomes at UNFCCC COP30, to be held in Belém, Brazil in November 2025. Parties will submit new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) due in 2025, and high-level briefings, roundtables, and consultations will be convened by the current and incoming COP Presidencies and the High-Level Champions on building greater climate ambition and action.
In summary, the SB62 agenda centers on progressing adaptation finance and planning, mobilizing ambitious climate finance, strengthening local and subnational involvement, and promoting nature-based and agriculture-related climate solutions to prepare for COP30 outcomes.
- The sixty-second session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC SB62) focuses on promoting nature-based solutions like agriculture-related climate solutions.
- Climate change discussions in UNFCCC SB62 revolve around the Adaptation Agenda, which emphasizes closing gaps in finance and technical support for biodiversity and climate change-related projects.
- The agenda for UNFCCC SB62 includes collaborative efforts to advance the roadmap for mobilizing climate finance, addressing the global goal of $1.3 trillion USD annually, and studying its contribution to environmental science, food systems, and climate change.
- Political discussions at UNFCCC SB62 stress the need for enhancing the role of local and subnational governments in implementing climate policies, ensuring a just transition that involves food, nature, biodiversity, health, culture, and land use.
