UN Climate Conference - Bonn, Germany
6-17 November 2017

The twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) will take place from 6-17 November in Bonn, Germany and will be presided over by the Government of Fiji.

Two years since the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN climate talks in Bonn come at a pivotal moment for climate action and vulnerable states. After Paris signalled the intent to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the Pacific COP must now achieve real progress on the Paris Agreement's implementation guidelines (rulebook).

The countries gathered in Bonn must also set the groundwork for increasing their climate ambition - and ending the injustice of inaction. The millions of lives around the world affected by climate-fuelled typhoons and hurricanes, floods and droughts are demanding accelerated action and accountability.

It is in Bonn where the world will again show that US President Trump's isolationist decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement has strengthened, rather than weakened the global momentum for climate action.

New leaders will emerge and the eyes of the world will be on the EU, China and others to step up. There is no turning back and there will be no renegotiation of the Paris Agreement.

We have a window of opportunity to take fast, bold action against climate change and deliver true security and justice for every one of us. This is the opportunity and the obligation of our time.