WTO : Several countries question the EU over its deforestation regulation (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Several countries appear to have raised a volley of questions at the World Trade Organization over the European Union's controversial Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), with Brussels having been put "on the back foot" in defending its seemingly unjustifiable measures, including its carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), said people familiar with the development.

Climate : UNFCCC subsidiary bodies commence work after delayed start (PRIV)
(Radhika Chatterjee and Meena Raman, Bonn)
The 62nd sessions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Bodies (SBs) launched work late evening on Tuesday, 17 June, in Bonn, Germany, after a delayed start, due to opposition from developed countries over the inclusion of two new agenda items proposed by the Group of 77 and China (G77 and China) to the provisional agendas of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA).

UN : Conflict increasing the risk of famine in parts of South Sudan (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The population in two counties in South Sudan are at the risk of famine in the coming months, as conflict in Upper Nile state escalates, forcing people to leave their homes, disrupting markets and people's livelihood activities, and hindering the delivery of multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance, according to United Nations agencies.