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.
What is COP29 and how will Trump’s election affect the climate talks?
The US election victory of Donald Trump - a known climate sceptic - could also prove to be a distraction, and some important leaders are not attending. COP29 is the world's most important meeting on climate change. It is led by the UN, and the 2024 event, the 29th such gathering, runs from 11-22 November.
What Is COP29? Here’s What to Know About Global Climate Talks.
Diplomats and leaders from around the world are gathering for annual climate negotiations. Here’s what they’re all about and what Donald Trump’s victory means for the meeting.
COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries
Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's most vulnerable, as political tensions overshadowed the talks and Argentina on Thursday pulled its delegation from Baku.
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
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 ...
Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?
This week, nations are hashing out new goals for climate finance at the COP29 talks. Loss and damage is finally on the agenda ...
UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts
The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a ...
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Activists at COP29 spend weeks planning demos. But they can feel stifled by rules and restrictions
In the nosebleed seats of a nearly-empty Baku Olympic stadium coated with a layer of dust, activists used a giant banner to beam the words “Pay Up” to the world. But the negotiators below, who will be ...
At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.
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Fossil fuel lobbyists eclipse delegations from most climate-vulnerable nations at COP29 climate talks
As with last year’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai, significantly more fossil lobbyists have been granted access to COP29 than ...
Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to UN climate talks in a year of weather extremes
The major focus of the negotiations is climate finance, which is rich nations trying to help poor countries pay for ...
Argentina’s Javier Milei withdraws delegation from UN climate talks in Baku
Right-wing president Javier Milei has withdrawn Argentina ’s delegation from the Cop29 UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Oil execs work COP29 as NGOs slam lobbyist presence
Oil executives descended on the COP29 talks in Baku for "energy day" on Friday as environmental groups denounced the presence ...