COP29

Despite the potential re-election of climate-skeptic Donald Trump as US president, the United States' commitment to climate action is not likely to reverse course, according to the US climate envoy John Kerry. Speaking ahead of the COP29…
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India is expected to focus on issues aligned with national priorities for sustainable development, energy security, and climate actions, and reiterate its call for respecting the equity and principle of Common But Differentiated…
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Ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29), the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for an end to reliance on fossil fuels and advocates for people-centred adaptation and resilience. Launching the COP29 special report…
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Wealthy nations appeared to hit a limit with how much they are willing to pay to conserve nature around the world, instead shifting their focus at the two-week COP16 U.N. biodiversity summit toward discussions of private money filling the…
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If countries continue with their current environmental policies , it would lead to 3.1 degrees Celsius warming over pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, a United Nations report has flagged, providing a reality check of climate…
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With over a trillion dollars invested in climate action last year globally, a UN official affirmed that international climate finance must grow up, step up, and scale up, to ensure a transition where more countries and companies benefit,…
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As the world gears up for COP29, pre-conference discussions have already spotlighted a critical issue—climate finance. In a recent roundtable titled "The Road Ahead: Building on Global South Strengths at COP29 & G20," organised by New…
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Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is stoking a geopolitical grudge with France, issuing a pledge to fund the participation of small island developing states, some of which have French connections, in the upcoming COP29 environmental conclave.…
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The United Arab Emirates aims to release its new national climate plan under the Paris climate agreement, outlining how it will cut its greenhouse gas emissions from 2025 to 2035, before the COP29 climate summit in November. That would…
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The country hosting this year’s UN climate summit is making “critically insufficient” efforts in tackling its own contribution to global warming, according to an expert assessment that will prove embarrassing to Azerbaijan. The report…
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