Climate diplomacy averted worst scenario, but more action needed: UN

Paris: Humanity has made strides tackling global warming but remains on track for a ruinously high rise in the Earth s temperature, the UN s climate...

Paris: Humanity has made strides tackling global warming but remains on track for a "ruinously high" rise in the Earth's temperature, the UN's climate chief said as crucial negotiations began Monday.

Diplomats meet every June in Bonn to try and advance the stickiest points in climate negotiations so that political leaders can finalise agreements at the year-end COP summit.

At this year's Bonn talks, which run until June 13, the main issue is money -- how much wealthy nations should pay to help low-income nations cope with climate change.

A new, longer-term goal for climate aid is supposed to be agreed by nearly 200 nations at the COP29 summit in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, in November.

Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, urged those attending the Bonn midyear talks "to make every hour here count".