In Bonn, Germany, the annual UN Climate Change Conference opened with stark warnings that time is running out for meaningful action. Running through June 18, the talks serve as the key preparatory stage for COP31, the next major global climate summit scheduled for November.
Against a backdrop of increasingly frequent extreme weather events — heatwaves, floods, and droughts — the conference has already exposed familiar fault lines. Developed and developing nations are clashing once again over financing for the green transition. The central question remains as urgent as ever: can governments move fast enough to keep the 1.5°C warming target alive, or has that window already closed?
