06/06/2026
Why Bonn Matters for Malawi 🇲🇼
Next week in Bonn, Germany, climate negotiators face their first big test after COP30. The task? Turn climate promises into real action for communities on the frontlines. Like ours.
At ICAD, we broke down what this means for Malawi.
1. POLICY: No More Talk, We Need Tools
Bonn must deliver money and support to actually implement Malawi’s National Adaptation Plan. Not another framework. We need finance for district projects, for example in Nsanje, Karonga, and Dedza, support for farmers hit by droughts, and real help for families displaced by cyclones and floods.
2. DIPLOMACY: A Tricky Global Game
Rich countries are moving money outside the UN. Big developing countries and small ones don’t always agree. Malawi’s best move? Team up with other vulnerable nations - LDCs, African Group, island states - to demand faster access to the Loss & Damage Fund and fair carbon market rules.
3. IMPACT: What Success Looks Like
If Bonn works: Faster cash for disaster recovery. Global backing for planned relocation as adaptation. Pressure on donors to fund our $46B NDC gap.
If Bonn fails: More reports, no action. Our NAP stays an unfunded plan. Climate impacts, displacement across Malawi gets worse.
ICAD’s Bottom Line:
SB64 must answer one question: Will Bonn move money to protect Malawians, or just move commas in UN documents?
For millions facing drought in the south, floods in the Shire Valley, and crop loss nationwide, that’s the only metric that counts.
We’re supporting the Malawi delegation to push for implementation, not more negotiation.
Environmental Affairs Department Ministry of Natural Resources- Malawi UN Climate Change LDC Group on Climate Change National Adaptation Plan Global Network Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services UN Global Climate Action Awards African Climate Alliance Loss and Damage Collaboration - L&DC
