BONN, Germany, May 30, 2024 — Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) experts are in Bonn, Germany, engaging in international climate negotiations during the 60th session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB60) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from June 2-13, and available for comment.
The climate talks in Bonn take place against a backdrop of devastating climate chaos and increasing restrictions on freedom of assembly and protest at UN Climate Negotiations. Condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza, CIEL reminds policymakers that there can be no climate justice without human rights. CIEL joined the call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, an end to illegal occupation and apartheid, and accountability for all who are complicit in war crimes and crimes against humanity.
CIEL experts will be focusing on:
- The intersection between human rights and climate justice
- The need for the provision and urgent scaling up of finance to meet the needs of climate-vulnerable communities and developing countries
- Remedy for climate harm
- Dangerous distractions such as carbon offsets and geoengineering, and their human rights risks
- The need for an urgent, equitable, and full phaseout of all fossil fuels
- The need to protect the civic space, including respecting and protecting the rights to freedom of expression and assembly at the UN climate negotiations and by their host countries.
The 29th UNFCCC Climate Summit, COP29, will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 – 22, 2024.
CIEL Experts in Bonn:
Erika Lennon — CIEL Senior Attorney focusing on the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, net zero, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), carbon markets and Article 6, climate finance, the Green Climate Fund, social and environmental safeguards, redress mechanisms, and civic space. Erika will be in Bonn from June 2-13. Follow Erika on Twitter, LinkedIn, and BlueSky.
Lien Vandamme — CIEL Senior Campaigner specializing in the intersection of human rights and climate change including remedy for climate harms and loss and damage, human rights-based national climate action, and civic space at the climate negotiations. Lien will be in Bonn from June 1-13. Follow Lien on Twitter, LinkedIn and BlueSky.
Mary Church — Geoengineering Campaign Manager, specializing in exposing and avoiding highly speculative fossil fuel escape hatches including solar and marine geoengineering. Mary will be in Bonn from June 8-14. Follow Mary on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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