UN climate talks: finance dominates once again

A rift over the agenda at technical talks in Bonn exposed the deep mistrust at the heart of the UN climate process. By: Catherine Early, China Dialogue Finance has once again proven the biggest stumbling block to international progress on climate change, with developed countries’ failure to meet previous promises souring negotiations across the board. The annual mid-year meeting of negotiators under the UN’s climate change convention (UNFCCC) in Bonn aims to smooth out technical issues and prepare recommendations ahead of the political negotiations at the Conference of the Parties (COP) at the end of each year. Observers and campaigners were hoping