COP29: Why week 2 in Baku could define the future of climate action
Negotiations at the UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, enter their second week today with a slew of unfinished agenda items. Why it matters: A failure to arrive at a new and far-reaching annual funding target for climate funding directed at the developing world — which climate impacts are hitting the hardest — could have knock-on effects for years.
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Commentary: The push for climate taxes is getting real at COP29 in Baku
The days when new carbon levies were deemed too politically impossible to be on the table are well and truly over, says the Financial Times' Pilita Clark.
New proposal awaited in Baku on climate finance deal
The two-week conference at a sports stadium in the Caspian Sea city of Baku is almost certain to go into overtime, with key details for a deal yet to be released, let alone agreed.
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.
COP29 Baku: What is climate finance, and the relevance of Baku summit
While it is centred on negotiation, the first week of COP29 has concluded without any significant progress on climate finance, especially negotiations about a new climate finance goal due to concerns about equitable responsibility for climate action.
COP29 climate summit overruns as $250 billion draft deal stalls
The COP29 climate summit ran into overtime on Friday, after a draft deal that proposed developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion in annual climate finance by 2035 drew criticism from all sides.
COP29 goes into extra time amid tough climate financing talks
The COP29 summit in Azerbaijan is being extended as difficult negotiations over climate finance continue. The talks in Baku had been scheduled to end at 6 pm (1400 GMT) on Friday. Financial pledges to poorer countries to help them cut emissions have been at the centre of intense discussions,
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From the 'Black City' to the White City: Baku takes advantage of COP29 to cleanse its past as the world's first oil capital
A century and a half after Baku became the world's first oil city, President Ilham Aliyev is transforming the swamp of the ...
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Anger, frustration in Baku as draft COP29 deal leaves key issues open
Disputes in Baku are growing increasingly heated 24 hours before the UN Climate Change Conference is due to end, as ...
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Five takeaways from COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan and the G20 Rio de Janeiro summit
The annual climate conference COP29 happened the same week as the 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit. At both events, those who ...
As talks in Baku cross the halfway point, nations are no closer to a goal on cash for climate action
Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially ...
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'Rocky road' ahead at COP29, says German foreign minister in Baku
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said there are still major obstacles ahead before the UN Climate Conference, known ...
The Perfect Novel for the Baku Climate Summit
The U.N. climate conference, held in a petrostate, is a surreal moment. This darkly funny novel about Baku, oil companies and ...
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Climate conference in Baku goes into extra time
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, efforts are being made around the clock to bring the widely divergent positions closer together. The ...
Activists stage protests as UN climate talks held in Baku
Climate activists in Baku arranged giant letters on Thursday to spell out the message ‘Pay Up’ at COP 29. They staged their ...
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Weather Bee: What is at stake in Baku?
The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP), a meeting of the governments that adopted the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992, is set to conclude in Baku on November ...