Delegation of Kyrgyzstan attends Bonn Climate Change Conference

AKIPRESS.COM — The 62nd session of the Bonn Climate Change Conference, held under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has commenced in Bonn, Germany.

The Kyrgyz delegation led by Dinara Kemelova, Special Representative of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic for the Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions, is participating in the conference, the presidential press service reported.

The delegation will draw international attention to the challenges faced by mountain regions, protect mountain ecosystems, consolidate the efforts of mountain countries and partners to advance the mountain agenda within global climate processes, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on mountainous territories.

The Kyrgyz delegation is actively participating in several sessions dedicated to adaptation, the implementation of previously adopted climate commitments, and conducting international consultations.

The first official meeting of the Mountain Partnership negotiation group, established at the initiative of Kyrgyzstan and Andorra, also took place. The group comprises 11 states. During the meeting, the group’s key documents were reviewed, and prospects for integrating mountain-related issues into the decisions, programs, and work plans of UNFCCC bodies were discussed.

Dinara Kemelova met with COP-30 President André Aranha Corrêa do Lago on June 17. The parties discussed climate agenda issues at interregional and global levels in the context of preparations for COP-30, which will be held in Belém, Brazil.

Kemelova presented the key initiatives and priorities of Kyrgyzstan on the mountain agenda, including the outcomes of the High-Level International Conference “Global Mountain Dialogue” (Bishkek, April 24–25, 2024), as well as the Expert Dialogue on Mountains and Climate Change, held on June 5, 2024, during the 60th session of the UNFCCC Bonn Conference. Particular attention was paid to the possibility of incorporating the interests of mountain communities and protecting mountain ecosystems into the final documents of the upcoming 30th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-30).

These issues were also discussed during the meeting between the Special Representative of the President of Kyrgyzstan and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell.

On June 18, the delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic met with Mikko Ollikainen, Head of the Adaptation Fund. The parties discussed prospects for cooperation and the promotion of climate projects, specifically regarding increasing Kyrgyzstan’s adaptation capacity to the impacts of climate change.