UN climate chief asks G20 leaders for boost as COP29 finance talks lag
The plea, made in a letter to G20 leaders from UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, comes as negotiators at the COP29 conference in Baku struggle in their negotiations for a deal intended to scale up money to address the worsening impacts of global warming.
Panelists Take On Climate Finance and Politics at Newsweek's COP29 Event
At Newsweek's "Pillars of the Green Transition" event at COP29, panelists talked climate finance and the coming shift in U.S. policy in a second Trump term.
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.
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.
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 U.N. talks in Baku, where early efforts to reach a finance deal risk being overshadowed by diplomatic rows.
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
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Protesters gather at U.N. climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations ...
Protesters' biggest day expected at UN climate talks, where progress is slow
The United Nations climate talks neared the end of their first week on Saturday with negotiators still at work on how much ...
UN climate chief urges G20 action to untangle COP29 talks
The United Nations’ (UN) climate chief urged Group of 20 (G20) nations on Saturday to push COP29 negotiations toward a deal ...
At UN climate talks, some see wars complicating negotiators’ task
At the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, wars are top of mind for some leaders and activists who have ...
UN Climate Talks Begin With Nations Detailing Extreme Weather
Amid the United Nations' annual climate summit on Wednesday, nations from across the globe detailed extreme weather they face ...
Frustration grows over fossil fuel influence at U.N. climate talks
Environmental advocates released reports decrying fossil fuel industry influence at the United Nations' COP29 climate talks ...
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Frustration grows at fossil fuel influence and structure of UN climate talks. Some call for reform
Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with Shanghai the most ...
After missing school due to extreme heat, African children push for climate action
Children from East Africa, where heatwaves and floods have shuttered schools in recent months, are pushing for world leaders ...
At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
The United Nations’ annual climate conference continued Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small ...
Argentina Mulls Exiting Paris Climate Deal
The South American nation says it is considering withdrawing from the landmark agreement, which aims to limit carbon ...