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.
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.
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
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.
UN climate summits 'no longer fit for purpose', says key experts
This year's United Nations’ COP climate talks in Azerbaijan is facing criticism from former leaders and environmental campaigners.
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 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.
G20 diplomats hit snags on climate, taxation and Ukraine, sources say
Diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies struggled on Saturday to overcome differences on paying to tackle climate ...
Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what ...
Climate leaders were worried Trump would derail talks. They didn’t know their host would be the wrecking ball
From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in ...
COP29: UN climate conference has become ‘broken’ and ‘unrealistic,’ ‘not fit for purpose’
As tens of thousands of delegates from across the globe have descended upon Baku, Azerbaijan for the United Nations Climate ...
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 ...
It’s not just Democrats — Republicans are working to Trump-proof their climate money
President Joe Biden’s climate law is on the chopping block as Republicans prepare to have full control in Washington.
With dengue cases at an extreme high, research points to climate change's role
Dengue fever has spread at alarming rates this year. New research attributes nearly a fifth of the existing dengue burden to ...
A Big Climate Goal Is Getting Farther Out of Reach
A new report forecasts global temperature increases well above the level that world leaders have pledged to avoid.
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.
Climate and environment updates: Climate leaders call for major overhaul of summit
The 2.7 degrees estimate is significantly higher than the 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels limit called for in ...
After drawn-out battle, sweeping climate bill passes Mass. Legislature
The bill’s passage arrived later than planned, but it is a shot in the arm to environmental advocates who have feared a ...