Governments meet in Bonn to discuss 2015 global climate agreement

The latest round of climate talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) started on Monday in Bonn, Germany and government representatives will discuss greenhouse gas emissions climate change mitiagtion.

The three-day meeting is designed to discuss options towards the 2015 global climate agreement and how to accelerate and catalyse existing climate action, according to UNFCCC.

Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, has stated that the conference has met in a state of greater urgency due to deadlines set by the COP negotiations.

At the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha last year (COP 18), governments reiterated their commitment to achieve a new global framework in 2015.

They also reaffirmed their commitment to step up efforts to close the gap between what has been pledged so far and what science says is required for the world to stay below the agreed maximum 2 degrees Celsius temperature rise, well before the new agreement enters into force from 2020.

Delegates meeting in Bonn will discuss existing options for effective climate action, such as exemplary climate legislation, emissions trading and how the accelerated deployment of renewable energies can curb greenhouse gas emissions; and see how this fits both into the design of the new agreement and how such options can be translated into immediate action.