(VOVworld) – Five months after ushering in a landmark climate deal, diplomats began a new round of talks Monday tasked with converting a political blueprint into a workable plan.

The environment ministers of the Group of Seven nations get together for a group photograph Monday morning in Toyama. (Photo: KYODO)

Speaking at the opening ceremony of a 10-day session in Bonn, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said that the whole world is united in its commitment to the global goals embodied in the Paris Agreement. She added that it’s necessary to design the details of the path to the safe, prosperous, and climate neutral future to which people all aspire. The UN climate talks run through May 26 to lay the groundwork for the next high-level gathering in November, in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh.

Environment ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) nations said they will play a leadership role in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change which was reached last December as well as pursuing ambitious actions to use natural resources effectively.