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Europe's pivotal role in bid to strike COP29 climate deal
Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)
The bloc's envoys have been quietly negotiating with China at COP29 in Azerbaijan and consolidating "high-ambition" alliances with countries from the global sou...
Negotiators seek to break COP29 impasse after G20 'marching orders'
Nov 19, 2024 (AFP)
Ministers at the COP29 conference in Azerbaijan had been eagerly waiting for the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro to issue a declaration that might jump-start the ...
UN chief urges G20 'leadership' on stalled climate talks
Nov 17, 2024 (AFP)
"A successful outcome at COP29 is still within reach, but it will require leadership and compromise, namely from the G20 countries," Guterres, who will attend t...
All eyes on G20 for breakthrough as COP29 climate talks stall
Nov 16, 2024 (AFP)
After nearly a week of bargaining in Azerbaijan, nations were no closer to agreeing a $1 trillion deal for climate-action investments in developing nations. Dip...
Trump's Republican allies tread lightly on Paris pact at COP29
Nov 16, 2024 (AFP)
President Joe Biden's climate envoys have sought to reassure delegates in Baku this week, telling them that Trump's planned pullout from the pact would have lit...
COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
While negotiators work behind closed doors at the COP29 talks to thrash out a climate finance deal, the spotlight has been largely stolen by diplomatic turmoil....
EU denounces 'unacceptable' attacks from COP29 host Aliyev
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
In a speech at the summit on Wednesday, Aliyev, who is hosting the talks, lambasted Paris and The Hague for their "colonial rule" in overseas territories and de...
Trump's climate impact 'recoverable': researchers
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
Trump, who will return to the White House in January, has pledged to reverse the green policies of President Joe Biden and could pull the United States out of i...
Stark warning on emissions as leaders divided at COP29
Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)
Planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from oil, gas and coal rose to record highs this year, according to preliminary research from an international network o...
UK to beef up its emissions cuts as it bids to be 'climate leader'
Nov 12, 2024 (AFP)
The new target is the latest policy change in this area by Starmer's new Labour government, which took power in July. It follows criticism that the previous Con...
Nations to submit boosted climate plans: what's at stake?
Nov 12, 2024 (AFP)
Nearly 200 countries are supposed to publish updated climate plans by early February, but so far only three have done so. On Wednesday, the UK became the latest...
Paris agreement climate goals 'in great peril': UN
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
The period from 2015-2024 will also be the warmest decade ever recorded, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report based on six inte...
COP29 talks stall from start with fight over agenda
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
Donald Trump's re-election is already hanging over the talks in Baku where negotiators are meant to agree new funding for climate action in poorer countries. As...
Paris agreement climate goals 'in great peril', warns UN
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
The period from 2015 to 2024 will also be the warmest decade ever recorded, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report based on six i...
Afghanistan says to attend UN climate talks, first since Taliban takeover
Nov 09, 2024 (AFP)
Afghanistan is ranked as the country sixth most vulnerable to climate change and Taliban authorities have pushed to participate in COP summits, saying their pol...
Record drought in Amazon impacts 420,000 children: UNICEF
Nov 07, 2024 (AFP)
The record-breaking drought is taking a toll on Indigenous and other communities in Brazil, Colombia and Peru reliant on boat connections, the UN agency said. "...
COP29 action on health 'a matter of life and death': WHO
Nov 07, 2024 (AFP)
The World Health Organization highlighted in a new report published ahead of the November 11-22 COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan how extreme weather events we...
UK's Prince William awards climate prizes in S.Africa
Nov 06, 2024 (AFP)
Each of the five projects, which include one converting heat from industrial plants into electricity, received one million pounds ($1.3 million) at the prize's ...
Nations gather for crunch climate talks in shadow of US vote
Nov 04, 2024 (AFP)
The stakes are high for the COP29 conference in Azerbaijan where nations must agree a new target to fund climate action across huge swathes of the world. It com...
Lancet calls for urgenet shift in fossil fuel investment to tackle climate health impacts
Nov 01, 2024 (SPX)
The 8th annual report from the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change reveals unprecedented global health risks as climate change drives new records in e...
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