At the UNFCCC June Climate Meetings (SB 64), the UNEP Cool Coalition will advance discussions on sustainable cooling, extreme heat, buildings, health, energy demand and implementation on the road to the 2026 UN Climate Change Conference (COP31). Through side events, roundtables and partner engagements, the Coalition will highlight how cooling and heat resilience can be integrated into NDCs, National Action Plans (NAPs), city action, finance and delivery frameworks.
9 June | 09:00 to 10:00
Conference Room, 1st floor of Climate Tower, UN Campus
Roundtable on Axis 1, Transitioning Energy, Industry and Transport. The session will take stock of progress across the six Axes, identify implementation barriers and support needs, strengthen collaboration and coordination across stakeholders, and define key COP31 Action Agenda deliverables, partnerships and milestones leading to Antalya.
9 June | 10:00 to 11:00
Conference Room, 1st floor of Climate Tower, UN Campus
Roundtable on Axis 2, Stewarding Forests, Oceans and Biodiversity. The session will take stock of progress across the six Axes, identify implementation barriers and support needs, strengthen collaboration and coordination across stakeholders, and define key COP31 Action Agenda deliverables, partnerships and milestones leading to Antalya.
9 June | 10:30 to 11:45
Room Berlin
This event will highlight how countries and cities can deliver integrated climate and health solutions across urban design, transport, buildings, food systems, clean air policies and cooling initiatives, showing how multilevel action can advance NDC and NAP implementation and support a just transition. Find out more.
9 June | 11:00 to 12:00
Conference Room, 1st floor of Climate Tower, UN Campus
Roundtable on Axis 6, Unleashing Enablers and Accelerators, including finance, technology and capacity-building. The session will take stock of progress across the six Axes, identify implementation barriers and support needs, strengthen collaboration and coordination across stakeholders, and define key COP31 Action Agenda deliverables, partnerships and milestones leading to Antalya.
9 June | 12:00 to 13:15
Bonn Meeting Room, WCC, Bonn, Germany
IRENA, the COP31 Presidencies, UNEP, the Global Renewables Alliance and partners will explore the need for greater ambition and accelerated action on electrification. The event will make the case for a whole-of-system agenda that includes the critical role of demand-side transition in buildings and end-use loads such as cooling, alongside clean supply, modernised grids, storage and flexibility.
9 June | 14:00 to 16:00
GIZ Office, Room BM 12037
This event will gather policymakers from credit-buying and PEEB selling partner countries, carbon finance specialists and technical experts to discuss how to unlock carbon finance for sustainable buildings.
10 June | 08:30 to 09:00
Conference Room, Climate Tower, UN Campus
Exchange with the Climate High-Level Champions and Marrakech Partnership to reflect on needs and priorities, look ahead to the SB64 programme, and further strengthen the evolving infrastructure of the Marrakech Partnership.
10 June | 09:00 to 10:00
Conference Room, Climate Tower, UN Campus
Roundtable on Axis 4, Building Resilience for Cities, Infrastructure and Water. The session will take stock of progress across the six Axes, identify implementation barriers and support needs, strengthen collaboration and coordination across stakeholders, and define key COP31 Action Agenda deliverables, partnerships and milestones leading to Antalya. The discussion will include Buildings and Resilient Infrastructure PASes and Beat the Heat.
10 June | 10:00 to 11:00
Conference Room, Climate Tower, UN Campus
Roundtable on Axis 3, Transforming Agriculture and Food Systems. The session will take stock of progress across the six Axes, identify implementation barriers and support needs, strengthen collaboration and coordination across stakeholders, and define key COP31 Action Agenda deliverables, partnerships and milestones leading to Antalya.
10 June | 11:00 to 12:00
Conference Room, Climate Tower, UN Campus
Roundtable on Axis 5, Fostering Human and Social Development. The session will take stock of progress across the six Axes, identify implementation barriers and support needs, strengthen collaboration and coordination across stakeholders, and define key COP31 Action Agenda deliverables, partnerships and milestones leading to Antalya.
11 June | 13:00 to 14:30
WCCB Bangkok
This event will showcase concrete progress and achievements across the six Axes of the Global Climate Action Agenda, engage Parties and non-Party stakeholders in implementation-focused discussions ahead of COP31, and help shape a coherent Climate Action Agenda narrative.
11 June | 16:00 to 17:30
Room H 107
This roundtable will highlight locally proven climate and health solutions with potential for replication and scale, alongside the policy, financing, governance and coordination mechanisms needed to enable broader implementation. The discussion will include Beat the Heat.