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 together to advance global climate efforts.
COP29: Development bank financing pledge gives summit early boost
Negotiators see $120 bln pledge from banks as good start Tough negotiations lie ahead for broader finance deal Country leaders urge swift action BAKU, Nov 13 (Reuters) - COP29 negotiators welcomed a pledge by major development banks to lift funding to poor and middle-income countries struggling with global warming as an early boost to the two-week summit.
Select countries back more funding for climate action at COP29 summit
A coalition of world leaders from industrialized nations and climate-vulnerable countries at the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku called for more ambitious climate funding on Wednesday. "Trillions of dollars are required.
COP29 climate summit kicks off in Baku. Will it be the last for the U.S.?
As delegates from nearly 200 countries gather for a major international summit on climate change, they're confronting a new era of uncertainty for the U.S. under a second Trump administration.
Trump’s shadow looms at climate summit: what COP29 could deliver
Nations gather to discuss who should pay to prevent the worst effects of climate change. But Donald Trump’s US election win might dampen commitments.
What Are They Saying at the COP29 Climate Summit?
"However, we cannot forget the fact that the current climate situation of the world is the result of the industrial policies of (a) few developed countries and developing states shall not be deprived of their right to development because of what others have done.
COP29: Little progress made since last climate summit, UN special rapporteur says
COP29 is underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. Global News Morning spoke with one of the experts in attendance, Elisa Morgera, the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, about what's at stake at this year's climate summit.
What can we expect at the COP29 Climate Conference?
With a climate-denialist re-elected as US president and another petrostate host (following Dubai in 2023)—hopes for ambitious outcomes at the 29th UN Climate Change "Conference of the Parties" (COP29) in Baku,
Cop29 live: day 4 of summit begins as leaders warned planet heating on course for 2.7C
Josh Gabbatiss, from Carbon Brief has published an update on social media about where negotiations at Cop29 have got to. ...
French boycott of COP29 lays bare widening divides at UN climate summit
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev lashes out at Emmanuel Macron and steps up defence of oil and gas as regional countries ...
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COP29 Climate Summit: Guterres urged faster progress, as CO2 emissions to hit record high
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‘Test for rich countries’: Cop29 summit opens with stark warnings and fear of Trump
Thousands of diplomats, scientists and leaders arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan to negotiate the thorniest topic of climate ...
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COP29 delegation: Nigeria tops Africa, 8th largest globally
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), hosts of COP28 in Dubai, has the fourth-largest delegation (1,011) and China (969) has the fifth ...
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Catholics head to COP29 climate summit seeking new finance, end of fossil fuels
Catholic and faith representatives will join global leaders and national delegates Nov. 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan, host to ...
Argentina walks away from COP29 - amid fears Trump may pull US out of Paris climate deal
The departure of Argentina from the global climate talks COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, adds to concerns about the global climate ...
COP29: Host nation Azerbaijan hits out at West in defence of oil and gas industry
By William James and Kate Abnett BAKU (Reuters) -Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev used a keynote speech at the COP29 ...