Bonn climate conference: UN is expected to tell conference attendees that the Ukraine conflict is no excuse for prolonging lack of climate action
Countries around the world have started tapping coal supplies again following an increase in energy prices.
It will also be a chance to test the resolve of nations facing a catalogue of crises, including escalating climate impacts, geopolitical tensions, bloodshed in Ukraine and the threat of a devastating global food crisis. The summary to this year's landmark climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that any further delay in action "will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all".
A particular focus will be funding from rich polluters to help vulnerable developing nations least responsible for global heating to cope with its increasingly ferocious consequences. "But I think this war has demonstrated one thing: how fragile the world is in its dependence to fossil fuels," he added.
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