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A new opinion article, published in Climate Home News on 4 August 2026, draws on the findings and recommendations of ecbi’s policy report, Quo Vadis COP? Future Arrangements for Intergovernmental Meetings under the UNFCCC – Settled and Fit for Purpose: 2024 Update, by Benito Müller, Jen Allan, Matthias Roesti, and Luis Gomez-Echeverri.
“Is FOMO undermining climate diplomacy?” distils one of the report’s central arguments: that the annual UN climate conferences have evolved into three distinct events—a negotiating session, a...
08 August 2026
On 15 June, the UNFCCC Secretariat at the UN Campus in Bonn convened an informal discussion on the future of COPs and climate multilateralism, with practical reforms to strengthen the implementation role of the UN climate regime at the centre of the discussions.
The meeting brought together a small group of experts and thought leaders to reflect on how the UNFCCC process can remain effective as it transitions from negotiating agreements to supporting their implementation.
ecbi Director Benito Müller presented new...
18 June 2026
ecbi's annual Bonn Seminar convened on 14 June on the sidelines of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body (SB) meetings. Over 40 participants from developing and European countries discussed the Mitigation Work Programme (MWP) and the Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP), as well as expectations for UNFCCC COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, in November, where the future of the two Work Programmes will be decided. Discussions also took place on reforming and streamlining the multilateral climate process to make it more responsive...
15 June 2026
ecbi has published a paper elaborating a “toolbox” of proposals to reform the UNFCCC process to make it more fit for purpose. While multilateralism remains vital to address the challenge of climate change, the UNFCCC Sessions are increasingly ill-suited to the new role urgently required of the global climate governance system: to accelerate implementation, foster cooperation, overcome practical barriers, and mobilise diverse national actors to deliver transformative climate action. The paper, Reforming the UNFCCC Sessions to Improve Negotiations and Support Implementation, authored by Stefan Ruchti-Crowley and Paul Watkinson...
12 June 2026
