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.
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
At U.N. climate talks, many leaders take a pass on an ‘unmissable’ moment
The annual U.N. Climate Change Conference, or COP29, comes as Earth is on track to endure its hottest year on record, and many top leaders are not attending.
COP climate talks not fit for purpose and need reform, say climate leaders
A group of former leaders and climate experts said the annual U.N. COP climate talks were no longer fit for purpose and needed to be reformed, publishing a critical open letter mid-way through what has so far been a fractious summit.
UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts
The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN climate chief have said. In a letter to the UN,
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.
Climate summit veterans call for urgent reform amid COP29
A group of high-level climate diplomats — including Christiana Figueres, who led the UN climate talks in Paris in 2015 — released an open letter Friday in the midst of COP29 calling for urgent reform of the summit process.
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.
Azerbaijan’s leader takes a wrecking ball to his own climate talks as calls rise for total ‘overhaul’
From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in ...
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 ...
Frustration grows at fossil fuel influence and structure of UN climate talks. Some call for reform
Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at these climate talks in Baku, ...
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Gore says 'absurd' to hold UN climate talks in petrostates
US vice president Al Gore told AFP Friday it was "absurd" for petrostates such as Azerbaijan to host UN climate talks, saying ...
Fed Refuses to Back Basel Climate Plan, Leaving Talks in Limbo
US regulators led by the Federal Reserve have refused to endorse a plan that would have seen the Basel Committee on Banking ...
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 ...
Geopolitics overshadow COP29 talks on climate cash, as Argentina walks away
By Kate Abnett, Olesya Astakhova and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) -Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on ...