Hear from activists at COP29 on why they are fighting climate change
They’re angry, they’re tired, they’re ready for change. Climate activists at the COP29 U.N. climate change summit are advocating for those on the front lines of worsening disasters.
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.
COP29: 5 Critical Developments To Watch At This Year’s Climate Summit
COP29, this year's biggest environmental conference, is now underway. Here is how leaders from around the world are coming together to advance global climate efforts.
What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit?
World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Wednesday. "Once again, we emphasize that if this conference should intend to prove its goodwill in striving for a better future for all,
COP summit 'no longer fit for purpose' say leading climate experts
The COP Climate Summit has been branded "no longer fit for purpose" in an open letter to the United Nations. The letter, signed by a series of former diplomats and leading climate experts, calls for urgent reforms to the annual summit as progress towards emission targets slow down.
Trump’s shadow looms at climate summit: what COP29 could deliver
Nations gather to discuss who should pay to prevent the worst effects of climate change. But Donald Trump’s US election win might dampen commitments.
COP29 climate summit kicks off in Baku. Will it be the last for the U.S.?
As delegates from nearly 200 countries gather for a major international summit on climate change, they're confronting a new era of uncertainty for the U.S. under a second Trump administration.
Select countries back more funding for climate action at COP29 summit
A coalition of world leaders from industrialized nations and climate-vulnerable countries at the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku called for more ambitious climate funding on Wednesday. "Trillions of dollars are required.
COP29: What is the latest science on climate change?
This year's U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures, adding pressure to negotiations aimed at curbing climate change.
World leaders begin plenary speeches at COP29 climate summit
Dozens of leaders are set to give speeches at the UN's Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan on Tuesday, setting the tone for the two-week negotiations. Among others, UN Secretary General António Guterres is expected to speak.
Video: Live: World Leaders arrive to Climate Action Summit at Cop29
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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 ...
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COP29 host Azerbaijan shelves fossil-fuelled climate fund
COP29 host Azerbaijan suspended the launch of a new fund with voluntary contributions from fossil fuel producers.
‘World must pay up, or humanity will pay the price,’ Guterres warns COP29 climate summit
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for 'climate justice' in his address to the United Nations annual ...
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 ...
Cop29 bingo: a beginner’s guide to climate acronyms
So many complicated climate acronyms render meaningless to the general public – here’s a guide to some of the jargon.
Cop29 live: call for summits only to be held in countries that support climate action
UK Greens say climate measures ‘being derailed by the fossil fuel lobby’ and that Trump’s victory underlines the need to ...
COP29: Nauru unveils ‘groundbreaking’ citizenship by investment scheme for climate action
The 'Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Programme' was announced at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Thursday.
Milei’s COP29 Team Leaves as Trump Tensions Hang Over Summit
Argentina’s President Javier Milei’s negotiating team has left Azerbaijan less than four days into the COP29 climate summit, ...