Host of the COP29 Climate Talks Is Raining on His Own Parade
Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev has been praising fossil fuel and taking shots at geopolitical rivals, casting a cloud over the climate summit.
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.
COP talks no longer fit for purpose, say climate leaders
STORY: Climate leaders and experts called for the annual U.N. COP climate talks to be reformed…Branding the event no longer fit for purpose. The group, including ex-U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, published a critical open letter on Friday (November 15) mid-way through what has so far been a fractious summit.
UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts
Former senior UN officials say climate talks ‘simply cannot deliver the change’ at the pace we need in open letter
UN told current Cop is no longer fit to deliver climate change
Open letter, signed by former president Mary Robinson, among others, says attendance of fossil fuel lobbyists presents a 'systemic imbalance in Cop representation' and calls for 'strict eligibility cr
Cop climate summits ‘not fit for purpose’, say UN chiefs
The United Nations’ Conference of Parties (Cop) climate summits are “no longer fit for purpose” and require an urgent overhaul, climate experts and former UN chiefs have said.
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.
Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.
At last year’s climate conference in the United Arab Emirates, 22 countries pledged, for the first time, to triple the ...
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The question bringing COP29 to a halt: Who’s rich enough to pay for climate change?
The world’s governments have come to the United Nations’ climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, deadlocked on one ugly question.
Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing
For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to ...
Solutions: As climate change worsens, so too will natural disasters. Here’s how to pay for them
The United Nations' loss and damage fund is just one channel for humanitarian support. Insurance, expanded social services ...
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 ...
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Q&A: The Heat Is On. Why Worry About Climate Change?
The U.N. Conference on Climate Change kicked off this week, and a UVA professor explains why warming temperatures are ...
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‘Nations should prepare to mitigate climate change effects’
As such, President Mnangagwa said, nations should be adequately prepared to mitigate the phenomena’s impact. “It (COP29) was ...
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132 nations call for halt on military ops during Baku climate summit month
Initiative supported by over 1,000 institutions, private sector representatives, civil society organisations, and public ...
Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?
The United States foreign food aid program can be a big help when extreme weather fueled by climate change hammers ...
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Can Trump derail our fight against climate change?
IN the realm of global climate policy, the leadership of the United States holds significant sway, given its status as the ...