Bonn Climate Conference 2026

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During the Bonn Climate Conference 2026 also known as SB64, health advocacy groups represented by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) requested rich nations to triple public adaptation funding to $120 billion every year by the year 2035.

This conference is the yearly mid-term climate meeting organized under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
It is officially called the 64th Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) and acts as a technical groundwork meeting before the main annual COP summit takes place.
The 2026 meeting is taking place in Bonn, Germany.

The main goal is to push forward the promises made in the Paris Agreement and past COP meetings.
It helps discussions on adaptation, emission reduction, climate funding, loss and damage support, and a fair transition for workers.

Health organizations pushed to raise public grant-based adaptation money from the old COP26 goal of $40 billion up to $120 billion annually by 2035.
Rich countries were asked to release clear national plans for moving away from fossil fuels.
Talks focused strongly on keeping global warming within the 1.5°C limit.
Technical talks started on putting the 59 Belém Adaptation Indicators into practice after they were accepted at COP30.
Experts continued talking under the Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work on Agriculture and Food Security to make farming stronger against climate changes.
Conversations centered on setting up the new Just Transition Mechanism agreed upon at COP30 to help with technical training and cooperation.

It serves as the main technical negotiation space between big COP summits to turn political talks into real action plans.
It helps poor countries protect themselves against climate disasters, health dangers, and food shortages.
It makes it easier to talk about adaptation money, loss and damage funds, and green investments.