Overview
- Delegates approved a two-year work programme under Article 9 of the Paris Agreement to advance climate finance responsibilities for developed countries.
- The Brazilian presidency’s Global Mutirão establishes three annual dialogues in Bonn from 2026 to 2028 to scrutinize unilateral trade measures affecting developing nations.
- Negotiators did not agree on a UN-led roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, and Colombia with the Netherlands will co-host a separate forum to pursue the transition.
- The final text defers the target to triple adaptation finance to 2035, leaving key funding sources and delivery mechanisms unresolved.
- Civil society protests, a Nov 20 pavilion fire, sweltering heat and heavy rain shaped the event’s tenor, with participants noting a strengthened sense of shared urgency.