Argentina withdraws negotiators from Cop29 summit

COP29 occurs in Azerbaijan as world falls short of climate goals

Addressing the financial challenges of climate change will be one of the main goals at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan. Lisa Sachs, the director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, ...

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Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of action. Keir Starmer will announce a stringent new climate goal for the UK on Tuesday, the ...

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Trump and Germany loom over uncertain COP29 finance talks

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Countries Weigh How to Raise Trillions for Climate Crisis at COP29

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This year has been masterclass in human destruction, UN chief tells Cop29

António Guterres says global heating is super-charging disasters, and Cop hears warning of ‘inflation on steroids’. This year has been “a masterclass in human destruction”, the UN secretary general ...

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COP29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defense of oil and gas

The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N. climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry on Tuesday.

COP29’s carbon trading deal: quick win or damaging precedent?

Early agreement on carbon market guidelines has divided opinion

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Middle East crisis live: child among four people killed in Israeli airstrike at hospital in south Beirut

Lebanese health ministry says more than 20 were wounded as spokesperson for hospital says entrance of hospital was hit. Israeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced ...

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