BONN, Germany, June 12, 2025 — Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) experts are in Bonn, Germany, engaging in international climate negotiations during the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from June 16–26 and are available for comment.
The Bonn negotiations will shape expectations for and the outcomes of the 30th UNFCCC climate summit, COP30, which will be held in Belem, Brazil, from November 10–21, 2025.
CIEL experts in Bonn will be focusing on:
- The right to remedy for people and communities experiencing climate harm, and the related need to urgently scale up public finance for loss and damage
- The need for a full, fast, fair and funded phaseout of all fossil fuels without reliance on dangerous distractions, such as carbon offsets, carbon capture and storage, or carbon dioxide removal technologies, and legal pathways to achieve it
- The legal obligations of States under not only the UN Climate Agreements, but also human rights and customary international law related to climate change, including developed countries’ legal obligations to take more ambitious climate action and provide remedy for climate harm
- The intersection between human rights and climate justice, including the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
- Protection of civic space, including respecting and protecting the rights to freedom of expression and assembly at the UN climate negotiations and by their host countries
- The urgent need for reform of the UNFCCC process to make it more effective, accountable, inclusive, and free of undue influence by corporate actors.
CIEL Experts in Bonn
Lien Vandamme — CIEL Senior Campaigner specializing in the intersection of human rights and climate change, including remedy for climate harms and loss and damage, human rights-based national climate action, and strengthening global climate governance. In Bonn June 16-26. Follow Lien on LinkedIn and BlueSky.
Erika Lennon — CIEL Senior Attorney focusing on the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, false solutions, carbon markets including under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, climate finance, connections to the ICJ Advisory Opinion, and strengthening global climate governance. In Bonn June 16-26. Follow Erika on Twitter, LinkedIn, and BlueSky.
Johanna Gusman – CIEL Senior Attorney focusing on legal pathways to fossil fuel phaseout, human rights, and just transition, including intersections with the ITLOS and ICJ Advisory Opinions. In Bonn June 12-18. Follow Johanna on LinkedIn.
Melissa Blue Sky – CIEL Senior Attorney focusing on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) as a barrier to fossil fuel phaseout and to aligning financial flows with the Paris Agreement’s goals. In Bonn June 12-18. Follow Melissa on LinkedIn and BlueSky.
Sébastien Duyck — CIEL Campaign Manager for Human Rights and Climate Change and Senior Attorney specializing in the intersection between human rights and climate change, including promoting the right to a healthy environment, civic space and public participation.
In Bonn June 14-20. Follow Sébastien on Twitter, LinkedIn or Bluesky.
Media Contact
For more information and to request interviews, please contact:
Niccolò Sarno, CIEL Global Media Relations, + 41 22 506 80 37 or [email protected]