From Baku To The Amazon: Eyes On COP30 As COP29 Disappoints
Insights from COP29 - Looking at the progress, controversies and setbacks, plus the youth-driven pathway toward COP30 in the Amazon.
The Immense Disappointment and Promise of the COP29 Climate Summit
No one left this year’s United Nations climate conference happy, but the talks were still an important marker.
Five key takeaways from COP29 climate talks
Fraught debate revealed the divide between rich and poor as the UN conference sealed a climate finance deal.
Factbox-Takeaways from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan
This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense negotiations. The summit's main agenda item - setting a new annual target for global climate finance - had nations wrangling for two weeks.
$300 billion pledge at COP29 climate summit a “paltry sum”
The world’s most important climate talks were pulled back from the brink of collapse after poorer countries reluctantly accepted a finance package of “at least” $300 billion a year from wealthy nations after bitter negotiations.
COP29's climate finance deal reveals risks ahead for future climate summits
The COP29 climate deal, agreed to Saturday evening in Baku, Azerbaijan, provides vital insights into the future of global climate cooperation. Why it matters: The finance agreement pleased virtually no one but proved multilateralism is ailing but not dead.
The COP29 climate conference ended in dramatic fashion on Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan
The climate conference ended with a controversial deal that calls for wealthy countries to provide their poorer neighbors with $300 billion annually to help them adapt to more extreme weather.
COP29: Five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan
Billed as the "finance COP," the 29th UN climate change summit (otherwise known as COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, was expected to provide the money to enable the transition away from fossil fuels announced at last year's COP28.
COP29 Summit Achieves $300 Billion Climate Deal for Developing Nations
In a dramatic turn of events at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, negotiators reached a crucial agreement, pledging $300 billion by 2035 to assist developing countries in shifting away from fossil fuels.
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Reporter’s diary: How Baku turned me from a COP optimist into a COP sceptic
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What Will Trump Do with the Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiation Package?
The Biden administration has actively mediated efforts to normalize relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as ...
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Baku climate summit: Disillusionment lingers as meeting ends with more promises
The organizers of COP29, this year's world climate summit, put a positive spin on the event after rich countries pledged to ...
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Was COP29 in Azerbaijan a Failure?
The UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, was poorly organized, fell far short of goals for climate finance, and raised ...
Azerbaijan says OPEC+ might consider oil cuts rollover at Dec. 1 meeting
OPEC+ may consider leaving its current oil output cuts in place from Jan. 1 at its next meeting on Sunday, Azerbaijan's ...
Tea is a way of life in Azerbaijan and center stage at COP29. But it's not immune to climate change
As Azerbaijan introduces its vibrant tea culture to COP29 attendees, scientists are studying how to save it from climate ...
What do Baku and Brussels need to do to see eye to eye on gas supplies to the EU?
Some 90% of Baku's exports are based on fossil fuel resources, and the EU needs natural gas that could replace the Russian ...
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The “Dark Joke” of Having a Climate Summit in Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan —Azerbaijan is the land of fire, or so the Zoroastrian legend goes. Its supply of combustible fuel has long ...
As talks in Baku cross the halfway point, nations are no closer to a goal on cash for climate action
Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially ...
Takeaways from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan
This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense ...
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Kuwait, Baku ties on fast track: Karimov
Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan Emil Karimov confirmed that the Azerbaijani-Kuwaiti relations are advancing rapidly ...