PACJA attends 64TH Subsidiary Bodies SUMMIT (SB64) in Bonn

We are thrilled to announce that Pan African Climate Justice Alliance will participate in the sixty-fourth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SB 64) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will take place at the World Conference Centre Bonn (WCCB) in Bonn, Germany, from 08 to 18 June 2026.

PACJA will organise a series of side events that will bring together CSOs, development partners, activists, and others. Below is the list of PACJA’s side events expected to take place at SB64.

What actions did PACJA take last year in Bonn?

At the onset of SB64, PACJA joined the rest of the world’s CSOs in Bonn and articulated Africa’s broad coalition of civil society organisations, grassroots movements, women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and frontline communities across Africa. PACJA reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to the imperatives of climate justice. PACJA reminded negotiators, observers, and Parties that the outcomes of the SB62 conference “must reflect the lived realities, aspirations, and urgent needs of the world’s most climate-vulnerable continent”.  PACJA reiterated that Africa’s voice must shape the direction of global climate discussions and action.

This call was made after a few days of preliminary discussions by negotiators and signals of slow progress in proceedings and delays in adopting the agenda.

Read the press statement released   during the first week of SB62

As the negotiations were progressing, noted concerns on the outcomes of the talks, African  Civil Society Organisations—including grassroots movements, youth, women, Indigenous Peoples, faith communities, farmers, and frontline defenders—stated to underscore our collective demands and concerns. They reminded Parties, negotiators and observers that the success of SB62 must be measured by its responsiveness to the lived realities, vulnerabilities, and development priorities of African peoples, who continue to bear the brunt of a climate crisis they did not cause.

They reiterated that the climate emergency in Africa is a justice emergency. Africa is facing a climate crisis of devastating proportions. Every year, climate impacts destroy homes, erase livelihoods, displace communities, and deepen cycles of poverty and inequality. According to the IPCC, Africa has already suffered annual losses of $7 billion due to climate change between 2010 and 2019. Under a high-emissions scenario, this could rise to $50 billion per year by 2040, wiping out up to 4% of Africa’s annual GDP growth. Read the second press statement issued as the SB62 talks neared conclusion.