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Vol 66 No 14

Published 11th July 2025


Bonn summit exposes rifts and inertia on climate action

Geopolitical rivalries are sinking the UN treaty to cut carbon emissions and protect developing economies ahead of the Brazil summit in November

The UN’s preparatory climate summit in Bonn from 16-26 June offered a grim portent of what may happen in the main event – the UN COP30 climate summit to be held in Belem, on the edge of Brazil’s Amazon forest in November. With the summit hosted by Brazil, one of the most activist developing countries on climate issues, expectations of a positive outcome were initially running high. The Bonn meeting was held up for two days while delegates argued over the agenda.

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