Climate: Divergences over climate finance work programme (PRIV)
(Radhika Chatterjee, Bonn)
The first session for discussing the climate finance work programme (CFWP) on Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement (PA) was held during the 64th session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) on 8 June and saw strong divergences between developed and developing countries over the programme's scope and modalities.

UN: Global food prices hold steady in May amid mixed commodity trends (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
World food commodity prices were largely unchanged in May, with lower vegetable oil prices helping to offset increases in those for cereals and sugar, leaving the benchmark index broadly stable despite continued volatility across individual commodity groups, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

UN: Chisinau Declaration threatens migrant rights, weakens torture ban (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
United Nations human rights experts have voiced serious concerns over the recently adopted Chisinau Declaration by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, warning that its new migration and expulsion policies risk narrowing the application of the European Convention on Human Rights for migrants.