The 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (SB62) took place in Bonn from 16 to 26 June. IDOS was present throughout the session, hosting numerous events, including side events, roundtables and practical workshops. You can find an overview of the Institute’s activities here.
Envisioned by the Brazilian Presidency as a pivotal moment for climate action, COP30’s agenda will build on the outcomes of this 62nd session. Delegates focused on three key priorities: elevating ambition in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), operationalising the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), and advancing the Baku-to-Belém Roadmap to mobilise US $1.3 trillion in climate finance. As the SBs convened, IDOS co-hosted multiple events—fostering vital dialogues among researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from academia, development cooperation, multilateral bodies and civil society.
Official side-event on “Bottom-up or top-down? Governance arrangements and coherent policymaking for Just Transition”
On 26 June, IDOS co-organised an official side event in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute, POLEA, and the Real Instituto Elcano. Titled “Bottom-up or top-down? Governance arrangements and coherent policymaking for Just Transition,” the session provided a deeper dive into stakeholder perspectives on Just Transitions from a survey conducted at COP28. Alexia Faus Onbargi presented findings emphasising the central role of policy coherence and cross-sectoral coordination in designing effective, inclusive Just Transitions that contribute to global sustainable development objectives.
Roundtable: Protecting Health through Climate Action
On 17 June, IDOS, together with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Save the Children Germany, convened 51 representatives from governments, academia, and civil society. During the roundtable “Advancing Climate and Health Resilience – The Role of the Global Goal on Adaptation,” they discussed how to embed health firmly within the global adaptation agenda. Heat extremes, emerging infectious diseases, and food insecurity already threaten nearly half of the world’s population—especially children and other vulnerable groups. Participants called for clearer responsibilities, practicable indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation, easier access to adaptation finance, and explicitly child-centred approaches. Contributions came from Medanou Gbobada (Climate Change & Health Focal Point, Ministry of Health, Togo), Hendricks Mgodie (Chief Public Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Malawi), Matthias Seiche (Head of Division for Pandemic Prevention & One Health, BMZ), Marek Szilvasi (Director of Programmes, SLYCAN Trust), Patricia Kramarz (Advocacy Manager for Global Health, Save the Children Germany), Dr Mariya Aleksandrova (Senior Researcher & Project Lead Klimalog III, IDOS) and Dr Christoph Strupat (Senior Researcher & Project Lead Health, IDOS). The exchange resulted in a joint call to view climate policy as health protection and to integrate these insights into preparations for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), scheduled for November 2025 in Belém, Brazil.
Social protection in the context of climate change: exchange on the road to COP30
On 18 June, IDOS and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) co-hosted the exchange “Scaling Adaptive Social Protection for Climate Action: The Road to COP30”. As part of the activities of the Task Force on Linking Adaptive Social Protection and Climate Financing, the meeting brought together climate and social protection experts, representatives of multilateral climate funds, and CSOs to advance people-centred climate initiatives. Participants explored collaborative actions to embed social protection in NDCs and climate finance frameworks and strengthen coalitions ahead of COP30.
Workshop: Climate Risks, Instability and Financing
On 20 June, the workshop addressed the topic of “Government Responses to Climate Impacts in Light of Instability and Climate-Security Dynamics”. Partnered by IDOS with Germanwatch e.V. and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), the workshop fostered a grounded exchange on how governments in fragile, transitional or politically volatile contexts address climate risks, secure finance and manage mounting climate-security pressures. Participants shared country-level insights on responding to climate impacts amid rising instability, constrained budgets, evolving access to climate finance and growing security threats.
Workshop on lessons from the Global South for energy innovation and climate change
With the topic “Institutionalizing Energy Innovations Towards Low-carbon Transformations? – Lessons from the Global South”, the workshop took place on 25 June. Co-hosted by IDOS and the DFG-funded INLOCADE project partners from University of Potsdam and TU Darmstadt, this workshop presented findings from the DFG-funded INLOCADE research project, which examines the political institutionalisation of climate change mitigation in the high-carbon intensive energy sector in four democratic emerging economies: Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa. Despite considerable technological advancements and financial commitments over the last decades, sustaining and institutionalizing mitigation efforts remains a key challenge in post-Paris climate governance. This is particularly prevalent in the Global South, where carbon emissions are expected to grow most significantly over the next decades. The workshop connected researchers and practitioners in a discussion about key findings and their implications for low-carbon transformations.
Workshops at the Bonn Climate Camp
On 20 June, Niklas Wagner (IDOS) co-hosted a workshop entitled “From the Global Stocktake to Grassroots Strategies: Enhancing Participation for Climate Justice,” together with Kari de Pryck and Laura Bullon-Cassis (University of Geneva) at the Bonn Climate Camp. Drawing from the first GST, the session invited activists and practitioners to co-develop grassroots narratives and strategies that can shape future stocktakes. Participants engaged in collective reflection and skills-sharing, focusing on how to democratise climate decision-making processes and elevate locally rooted climate action.
This was followed on 24 June by another session by Niklas Wagner at the Bonn Climate Camp on “Building Transformative Research Communities for the UNFCCC”, which brought together researchers aiming to reimagine their role in climate governance. The workshop fostered dialogue on moving beyond extractive and linear research approaches toward more participatory, justice-oriented practices. Participants shared experiences and outlined visions for collaborative research frameworks that can support ambitious and equitable adaptation under the Paris Agreement.
Further activities of IDOS researchers
On 16 June, Alexia Faus Onbargi participated as a panellist in an official side event organised by Climate Strategies and Transparency International. The discussion explored the role of Just Transitions in rebuilding trust in multilateral cooperation. Drawing on ongoing research at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), she shared insights on how Just Transitions can support sustainable development through approaches that are both politically feasible and broadly supported by climate experts.
On 17 June, Darius Saviour Ankamah, an IDOS guest researcher and Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellow, co-led and attended a high-level partners meeting of the 20th UNFCCC Global Conference of Children and Youth (COY20) coming up in Belem, Brazil, ahead of COP30. The meeting was to find collaborative opportunities for the organisation and sponsoring of the COY20. On 21st June, Darius co-led the COY20 side event at the Bonn Climate Camp with CSOs to find progressive collaborations and ways CSOs can contribute to COY20. Darius was invited by the COP30 Presidency Youth Climate Champion to a side event on how young people can contribute to the „Mutirão“ agenda of driving climate solutions.
Throughout the June UNFCCC SB sessions, Niklas Wagner conducted expert interviews with negotiators, national planners and civil society actors as part of his research on the utility of the Global Stocktake (GST) for enhancing adaptation action. These interviews form the core of a BMZ- funded study that assesses how GST outputs are interpreted and applied in national adaptation planning processes. The goal is to identify opportunities to strengthen the GST-adaptation nexus and inform more effective, inclusive adaptation efforts moving forward.
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