COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
This year's U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight.
Challenges with global climate financing overshadow COP29
COP29 is focused on getting the money needed to tackle climate change on the table, but disagreements over who pays loom large.
Calls for climate justice and fair financing at COP29
Central to their approach is the urgent need for quality climate finance, which they define as finance that is not only abundant but also transparent, responsive and equitable.
Exclusive: Fragile countries make $20 bln climate finance push at COP29, letter says
A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and security crises facing their populations, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
$5.43 billion in climate pledges at COP29 on Finance, Investment and Trade Day
The COP29 Business, Investment, and Philanthropy Climate Platform (BIPCP) saw the announcement from investor groups—with over $10 trillion in
Exclusive-Fragile Countries Make $20 Billion Climate Finance Push at COP29, Letter Says
A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and security crises facing their populations, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
COP29 climate talks grapple with trillion-dollar task
Developing countries need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to cope with climate change, economists told U.N. talks in Baku, where early efforts to reach a finance deal risk being overshadowed by diplomatic rows.
Climate finance: who is being asked to pay what at COP29?
"You owe us!" screamed a protest banner at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, where negotiations over how much rich nations most responsible for climate change should pay poorer ones are
Geopolitics overshadow COP29 talks on climate cash, as Argentina walks away
By Kate Abnett, Olesya Astakhova and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) -Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on ...
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Climate summit veterans call for urgent reform amid COP29
A group of high-level climate diplomats — including Christiana Figueres, who led the UN climate talks in Paris in 2015 — ...
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COP29 host Azerbaijan faces climate disaster as Caspian Sea dries up
Water levels in the Caspian Sea are set to fall dramatically as the climate gets hotter, posing a major threat to economic ...
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COP29 Bulletin Day 4: Azerbaijan’s climate fund on ice and Europe hits back at Aliyev criticism
Azerbaijan postpones the launch of a controversial climate fund and gets embroiled in a diplomatic spat with the EU ...
COP29 hosts accused of detaining climate defenders
Natalia Nozadze from Amnesty International told BBC News that since Azerbaijan was announced as the host country for COP29 in ...
COP29: 5 Critical Developments To Watch At This Year’s Climate Summit
COP29, this year's biggest environmental conference, is now underway. Here is how leaders from around the world are coming ...
Azerbaijan’s leader takes a wrecking ball to his own climate talks as calls rise for total ‘overhaul’
From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in ...