Climate Change Conference in Bonn - SB 64 what to expect

Guest Blog by Ana Mulio Alverez, who is an expert in Geopolitics and Climate Diplomacy. I analyze and influence international climate agreements and the international finance architecture reform so desperately needed to make climate action happen. This blog and others can be found here.

It's my time to confess: I love Bonn and the UNFCCC midyear negotiations.

Why? Because they're the best opportunity for all countries to come together, share priorities, tackle sticking points, and start moving the agenda forward before the COP.

For adaptation, SB64 is packed.

🌍 Work will continue on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), including the policy alignment of the new Belém Adaptation Indicators through the Belém–Addis Vision and it's technical taskforce, which will shape how we measure and track progress on global climateresilience.

📊 Negotiators will also advance discussions on adaptation communications, the Nairobi Work Programme, and the long-overdue review of the Adaptation Committee, all critical processes to enhance knowledge and implementation of adaptation plans and improve lives and livelihoods of the world's most vulnerable communities.

💰 On adaptation finance, the Adaptation Fund is back on the agenda, with unresolved questions around its governance, its transition to exclusively serving the Paris Agreement, and the launch of its fifth review.

🤝 Beyond the formal negotiations, the Veredas Dialogue and Article 9.1 discussions will raise important questions about what adaptation finance should look like in practice and how it will be scaled to meet the needs: how support can be more predictable, accessible, country-driven, and aligned with real adaptation needs. It will be critical that countries engage in these conversations constructively.

🛣️ The first workshop under the Baku Adaptation Road Map will kick off implementation discussions, while a dedicated dialogue on mountains and climate change will highlight vulnerabilities and opportunities that are often overlooked in global climate conversations.

Progress in the UNFCCC is rarely fast. More often, it starts in Bonn—in technical discussions, informal conversations, and the gradual building of common ground. That may not make headlines, but it's where much of the real work begins and I am so very excited to support the process.