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Colleagues – time is short, so I will skip my formal statement of welcome. It will be posted on the website instead.
I will just say this: The past 30 hours have been hard. And have not reflected the urgency that we face.
Yes, the issues have been complex, as they usually are.
But now we have consensus.
Through cooperation and compromise, we have resolved the impasse.
In parallel, work has been proceeding on important mandated events.
- The GGA workshop
- The Ocean Dialogue
- And the workshop under the Sharm el-Sheikh Dialogue
We must now move the work ahead.
This means we will need to make up time. We are working on practical ways to help you do so, including extending the availability of these facilities.
I will make only one other point:
Even if imperfect, even if no country or group gets everything it wants, climate multilateralism has delivered clear progress at each recent COP.
But clearly more is needed, and faster. And we need to demonstrate to the world that climate cooperation can deliver. Now more than ever.
And if we want COP30 to take us another global step forward, we need the next eight days to deliver concrete progress, across all aspects of the agenda.
Time is short, so let’s get to work.
I thank you.
Welcome to Bonn, and the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies.
With much complex work ahead, I make three brief points.
First: this process matters, deeply.
The progress Parties make in the days ahead makes a real difference to billions of lives and livelihoods, in every country.
These sessions are where we move from concept to clarity – across sectors, systems, and societies.
You are laying down the tracks that further deliver implementation - in the real economy – where deep emission cuts and transformative adaptation must be delivered. Quickly and fairly.
Second: this process is delivering real progress, from year to year.
Thanks to Parties’ tireless efforts and ability to compromise, recent COPs have all produced concrete major global steps forward.
Even if imperfect, even if no country gets everything it wants, this is human solidarity in action, with real-life benefits for billions of people.
Let's not forget: without UN-convened climate multilateralism, we would be headed for up to 5 degrees of global heating. Now it's around 3.
It's a measure of how far we've come, and how far we still have to go.
A reminder that 1.5, and protecting all people, continue to be both achievable over the course of time, and absolutely essential.
Likewise, this year, beneath the noisier negative news, there are plenty of good reasons for optimism.
We are seeing green lights for climate actions from many of the world's biggest economies, sending powerful demand signals to investors and doers.
Yes there are headwinds – as there always are – but they do not set humanity's course.
The tide has turned for climate action, and there's no turning back, because it's entirely in every nation's own interests.
Let's show how we are rising to this moment - with a unity of purpose that is stronger than ever, and lazer-focused on real-world results.
This also requires being pragmatic: the acceleration still needed will only be possible if our process is adequately resourced.
We welcome the growing mandates you have given the secretariat.
And through the secretariat's budget, we have found significant cost savings and efficiencies, so that we can keep delivering on all of these growing mandates.
But this approach is not sustainable.
You’re all aware of our budget challenges. I urge you to address them fully through your deliberations here in Bonn, to make sure this process keeps getting concrete results that move the world forward.
This brings me to my third point: the world is watching closely, as climate impacts get rapidly worse in every country.
We must show climate cooperation can keep delivering real progress, and can drive the acceleration demanded by science, to protect people and prosperity.
That means these June sessions must:
Agree the final steps for delivering indicators under the Global Goal on Adaptation at COP30.
Unlock delivery under the Just Transition Work Programme so that it helps move ‘Just Transition’ from a necessary concept, to a lived reality, across economies and societies.
Deep dive into the Roadmap to the 1.3 Trillion so that it's not just a report, but a how-to guide with clear next steps on dramatically scaling up climate finance and investment.
Ensure the Mitigation Work Programme builds momentum to realise actionable solutions that respond to the urgency that we all must confront.
Make progress on defining this Era of Implementation – what it means to deliver on all the commitments we’ve collectively made to the planet and each other – including in the first Global Stocktake.
None of these issues are easy. Disagreement is natural. But our process must be safe and respectful for all.
Full adherence to the Code of Conduct is non-negotiable.
Friends, guided by the three interlinked priorities set out by the incoming Presidency:
To reinforce multilateralism under the Convention.
To connect our work to billions of real lives.
And to accelerate implementation, let's get to work.
The Secretariat will be with you at every step. I thank you.
