The following statement was delivered during the Opening Plenary on June 8 2026 on behalf of the ENGO-DCJ constituency during the 64th meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):

I am Tetet Lauron from the Philippines, on behalf of Demand Climate Justice.

SB64 is not about whether Parties acknowledge the need for climate finance, just transition, adaptation, addressing loss and damage or fossil fuel phase-out. 

It is about if, when, and how commitments are interpreted, governed, financed and implemented. 

We demand not only a full and honest accounting of climate finance provided, but also that the forces BLOCKING its delivery be held accountable, as well as potential NEW sources of adequate and predictable funding: fossil fuel subsidies, military spending, royalty payments, as well as policies for tax, trade and debt justice.

Implementation delayed and diluted IS justice denied. 

Commitments secured through struggle are narrowed down and weakened with technical processes, procedural delays, and captured by corporate interests or redirected towards market mechanisms.

Addressing the climate crisis goes beyond technical implementation.

These require reparations, redistribution, democratic participation, public finance, energy/food/indigenous sovereignty, gender justice, and the dismantling of the systems that have made both people and planet expendable.