Bonn Climate talks: Stiell harps on importance of global stocktake

Earlier this week, climate talks resumed in Bonn, Germany in preparation for the COP28 summit later this year.

The main issues at the talks, the first formal climate negotiation since COP27, are the first-ever Global Stocktake and loss and damage.

Speaking on the importance of the global stocktake, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, said: “This is a critical year for climate action. The global stocktake at COP28 must be the turning point where we get on track to limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

“So, the important work at this dialogue, informing the stocktake and laying the ground for an ambitious response, cannot be overstated.

“In the coming days you must use this final push of the technical dialogue to give the stocktake co-facilitators what they need for a meaningful synthesis report.”

Stiell added that, “the latest IPCC report lays out starkly and clearly the threat of climate change to nature and people. And it sets out the path we should be on to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in line with Paris – cutting emissions by 43% by 2030, compared to 2010 levels, attaining net-zero by mid-century and delivering a resilient world.

“The global stocktake will show that we are not yet on that path. Pledges by parties and their implementation are far from enough.

“So, the response to the stocktake will determine our success – the success of COP28, and far more importantly, success in stabilising our climate.”

The Bonn Climate talks hold from June 5 to 15.