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.
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 converged to discuss ways to limit global warming.
Geopolitics Overshadow COP29 Talks on Climate Cash, as Argentina Walks Away
BAKU (Reuters) -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.
COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
This year's U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight.
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, ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Exclusive: Fragile countries make $20 bln 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 ...