๐๏ธ We just walked out of our first press conference at hashtag#SB64 in Bonn โ and we left nothing on the table.
Speaking on behalf of African civil society organisations at the
#UNFCCC negotiations,
#PACJA delivered a message that cannot be ignored: the era of delay, dilution and deferral is over.
Here is what we told the world today:
Africa is responsible for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions โ yet its people are losing homes, farms, and lives to droughts, floods and cyclones they did not cause. That is not a climate problem. That is a justice problem.
We raised the alarm on something deeply troubling โ Loss & Damage and National Adaptation Plans have been quietly dropped from the SB64 agenda. We stand firmly with the Africa Group of Negotiators: negotiations without these are not negotiations at all. They are an abdication of justice.
Our three demands, stated clearly today in Bonn:
๐น Climate finance off the spreadsheet and into communities โ public, grant-based, predictable, directed to women, youth, Indigenous Peoples and frontline populations.
๐น A just transition built for Africa, not imposed on it โ 600 million Africans still lack electricity. Decarbonisation without development is not justice.
๐น Adaptation treated as the survival issue it is โ not a footnote, not an aspiration. A funded, implemented, measurable commitment.
SB64 must not become another procedural stop on the road to
#COP31. The credibility of the entire UNFCCC process is on the line.
Africa is not asking for charity. Africa is demanding justice.
Read the full press statement:
pacja.org
#SB64 #UNFCCC #ClimateJustice #PACJA1 #ClimateFinance #JustTransition #LossAndDamage #Bonn2026