Finance deal remains elusive at Cop29 as UN climate talks stretch into overtime
Negotiations at Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan were scheduled to finish on Friday evening but a final deal on climate finance remains elusive.
They're here to finance climate action. But COP29 is more about bickering
Nearly 50,000 people from 200 countries were in Azerbaijan for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, with the goal of reaching a critical deal on climate finance.
What COP29 in Baku Taught Me About Climate Action (and Inaction)
But as exciting as it was, attending this climate summit also came with its challenges—starting with just getting to the venue – the Olympic Stadium. The first morning of the conference, I left the hotel armed with a map on the phone and what I thought was a good sense of direction.
COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku
A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is to establish a 2025-35 climate finance commitment from developed nations to developing countries, which is officially known as the New Collective Quantified Goal.
COP29: Why week 2 in Baku could define the future of climate action
Negotiations at the UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, enter their second week today with a slew of unfinished agenda items. Why it matters: A failure to arrive at a new and far-reaching annual funding target for climate funding directed at the developing world — which climate impacts are hitting the hardest — could have knock-on effects for years.
Uncertain Waters: COP29 Climate Finance Standoff in Baku
At COP29 in Baku, a proposed global finance deal to aid climate change efforts sparked division and discontent. Delegates struggled to agree on funding strategies for poorer nations as the summit's deadline approached.
Wealthy Countries Back Raising COP29 Climate Deal to $300 Billion, Sources Say
The European Union, United States and other wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to $300 billion per year by 2035, sources told Reuters on Saturday.
Draft deal at U.N. climate talks calls for rich nations to give $250 billion by 2035
A draft deal at the U.N. Climate Change Conference calls for wealthy nations to give developing ones $250 billion a year starting in 2035.
COP29 climate summit overruns as $250 billion draft deal stalls
The COP29 climate summit ran into overtime on Friday, after a draft deal that proposed developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion in annual climate finance by 2035 drew criticism from all sides.
COP29 overruns as poor countries seethe over climate cash
UN climate talks looked set to overrun into the weekend as a deep gulf formed between richer and poorer countries over cash to help those most vulnerable in a warming world. Wealthier nations offered to more than double to $250bn a year the cash they give developing countries annually to fight climate change.
Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B a year offer from rich countries
A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment talks proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion a year to poorer nations in climate funding. Developing countries want more money.
Europe, US Seek to Break COP29 Impasse With $300 Billion Offer
Nearly 200 nations were still negotiating a new climate finance deal behind closed doors at United Nations talks in Baku, ...
Anger, frustration in Baku as draft COP29 deal leaves key issues open
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Negotiators work overnight to secure deal at COP29
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Five takeaways from COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan and the G20 Rio de Janeiro summit
The annual climate conference COP29 happened the same week as the 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit. At both events, those who ...
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'Rocky road' ahead at COP29, says German foreign minister in Baku
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said there are still major obstacles ahead before the UN Climate Conference, known ...
Russia's claim of emissions in annexed Ukraine regions draws protests at COP29
Russia has included the territories it occupies in Ukraine in its recent greenhouse gas inventory report to the United ...
COP29: What's happening on day 12 of the UN climate conference?
Euronews Green brings you the latest updates from the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. View on euronews ...
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From the 'Black City' to the White City: Baku takes advantage of COP29 to cleanse its past as the world's first oil capital
leveraging the turmoil of the Ukraine war and maintaining a double game with Russia (Putin visited Baku in August and his ...