This year’s Bonn Climate Change Meeting (SB 62) will take place from 16 to 26 June.
The meetings will build on outcomes from COP29 in Baku, drive forward progress on key issues and prepare decisions for adoption at the upcoming COP 30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, in November.
Our experts breaks down plans and expectations for SB 62.
List of upcoming events
17 June
Time: 10:00 AM CEST
Venue: Plenary New York, Main Building
海角社区 presence: Greta Dekker / Saskia Werners (Poster Presentation); Edward Sparkes & Michael Hagenlocher (co-authors)
Urban COP 30 & Beyond: Multilevel Action & Sustainable Urbanization Delivering on the Paris Agreement
Time: 3:00 PM CEST
Venue: WCCB "Kaminzimmer"
海角社区 presence: Simone Sandholz (Facilitator)
Cities and regions show climate leadership; yet only 27% of NDCs have strong urban content. With NDCs 3.0 due, this event launches guidelines to strengthen urban content in NDCs, shows how multilevel climate action and exchange can deliver on the Paris Agreement and make Belem an Urban COP 30.
19 June
Knowledge Café: Collecting Global Insights for Local Co-Production: Scalable Microlearning Tools for Urban Transformations and Climate-Resilient Cities
Time: 8:30 AM CEST
Venue: 29th Floor, Langer Eugen (LEU), UN Campus in Bonn
Organized by 海角社区
海角社区 presence: Andrea Ramirez & Lionel Munoz-Rosas (Organizers & Facilitators), Marie Czabaun
This event invites diverse participants to share how microlearning can support reciprocal knowledge exchange between local and global levels for urban transformations. It features a brief keynote framing of capacity development within the project, thematic roundtables, and a collaborative synthesis of actionable recommendations for future efforts.
Time: 3:00 PM CEST
Venue: WCCB Room "Bonn" & online
Organized by 海角社区
海角社区 presence: Simone Sandholz (Organizer & Facilitator)
Informal settlements face growing climate change-related loss and damage. Awaiting urgent finance, downscaled data, and stronger international policy, communities are already demonstrating innovation through localized action. This event will highlight grassroots efforts and broader response needs.
21 June
2025 ACE Dialogue
Time: 10:00 AM CEST
Venue: Chamber Hall
海角社区 presence: Andrea Ramirez-Agudelo & Lionel Munoz-Rosas (Hands-on Exercise)
This session is an interactive workshop on developing and implementing national climate change policies, plans, strategies and action, using a clear, inclusive, intergenerational and gender-responsive approach.
