The mid-year Bonn climate intersessional meetings serve as a vital technical bridge between COP30 and COP31, as negotiators look to translate political commitments into concrete implementation frameworks for climate finance, adaptation, and just transition pathways. TESS will be participating in, and supporting, a variety of events exploring the nexus of climate and trade at this year’s conference (SB64), including an official side event.
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
- Official Side Event: Climate and Trade Cooperation for Climate-Resilient Development
Logistics: World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB), 16:30 – 17:45, Room Berlin
Summary: TESS, Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) will co-host this official UNFCCC side event.
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Friday, 12 June 2026
- Event: Trade and Climate Roundtable
Logistics: Bonn, Germany (closed evening event)
Summary: This informal roundtable will bring together around 25 experts on trade, climate, and sustainable development present in Bonn to share and discuss views on: key priorities for advancing international cooperation on trade for climate action and resilient development and for the multi-year Climate and Trade Dialogue agreed in the Mutirão decision at COP30.
Saturday, 13 June 2026
- Event: Mutirão Dialogue on Trade and Climate Change at the Sixty-fourth Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64)
Logistics: 10:00 – 13:00 Chamber Hall
Summary: TESS will attend the inaugural Mutirão climate and trade dialogue at SB64. The dialogue will bring together government negotiators, stakeholders, and international bodies, such as International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The stated goal of discussion is to consider opportunities, challenges, and barriers in relation to enhancing international cooperation related to the role of trade, taking into account paragraph 56 of Decision 1/CMA.7 (Global Mutirão: Uniting humanity in a global mobilization against climate change).
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Sunday, 14 June 2026
- Event: Inaugural Meeting of the Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT)
Logistics: Bonn, Germany
Summary: TESS will be supporting Australia and Brazil as they co-host the inaugural meeting of the new Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT) alongside the Bonn SB64 meetings. The meeting will bring together a range of government officials in an informal setting to advance dialogue and solution-finding at the nexus of climate and trade. TESS is proud to serve as the IFCCT’s Secretariat, working jointly with the Centre on Global Energy Policy at SIPA Columbia University.
Monday, 15 June 2026
- Event: Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT) Inaugural Meeting Debriefing
Logistics: Bonn, Germany
Summary: The Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT) will host an in-person debriefing on the inaugural meeting for stakeholders at the World Conference Centre Bonn. A further virtual briefing and consultation with stakeholders will be announced for later in June.
