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Cop29 live: rich nations to raise climate finance offer to $300bn as Thunberg warns summit ‘about to agree to death sentence’
The talks in Azerbaijan have seen nations at odds over how much money developed countries should provide to poorer ones. Marching in silence with their arms crossed high, activists from around the ...World - The Guardian - 23 minutes ago -
Cop29 live: Slashing methane emissions is ‘our emergency brake’, UN says
Cop29 presidency announces new drive to cut methane emissions from waste dumps as G20 reaffirms transition from fossil fuels. The UK government has conceded that Australia was mistakenly included ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Cop29: $250bn climate finance offer from rich world an insult, critics say
Draft text under fire as poor nations wanted more of the money to come directly from developed countries. Cop29 climate summit – live updates Developing countries have reacted angrily to an ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Cop29 live: solidarity levy on cryptocurrency could raise billions for climate action, says report
Charging $0.045 per kWh for energy used in intensive bitcoin mining could produce $5bn for the climate crisis, says Global Solidarity Levies taskforce. Josh Gabbatiss, from Carbon Brief has ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit
Elnur Soltanov recorded speaking with fake oil and gas group that asked for deals in exchange for sponsoring talks. The chief executive of Cop29 has been filmed apparently agreeing to facilitate ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
They're here to finance climate action. But COP29 is more about bickering
Nearly 50,000 people from 200 countries were in Azerbaijan for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, with the goal of reaching a climate finance deal.Top stories - NBC News - 4 hours ago -
Countries must set aside differences and agree climate finance deal, says Cop29 negotiator
Jochen Flasbarth called on Cop29 delegates to press on as world faces increasing crises and drop in solidarity. Governments meeting to forge a global settlement on climate finance must get over ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Cop29 live: ministers told to ‘cut theatrics’, ‘move faster’ and ‘get down to business’ amid growing frustration at slow progress
Cop29 president calls for faster action as progress to agree a climate finance deal slows. Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves How usual is it to have G20 happening at ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Poorer nations deride COP29 offer of $250bn to tackle climate change
Independent expert group says amount falls short of $390bn a year needed by 2035 to deal with effects of global warmingWorld - Financial Times - 19 hours ago -
Cop29 live updates: Carbon credit trade rules approved, breaking lengthy deadlock
Draft decision on article 6 approved with no objections. UN climate chief Simon Stiell gave a moving speech at the Cop29 opening plenary on Monday, writes Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Cop29 live: oil bosses given red carpet treatment at climate summit
At least 123 oil and gas bosses and staff invited as ‘guests’ by Azerbaijani government and given host country badges, the Guardian has learned. According to an interesting piece in the Africa ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
COP29 Climate Talks Focus on Financing
Negotiators agree that trillions are needed to help lower-income countries adapt and cope, but not on who should pay.Science - The New York Times - November 13 -
UN warns of ‘economic carnage’ if G20 leaders cannot agree on climate finance for poor countries
Wealthy nations are yet to offer the hundreds of billions of dollars that economists say are needed to help the developing world cut emissions. Leaders of the world’s biggest economies meeting in ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
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Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azernaijan hosting the annual United Nations climate talksWorld - ABC News - November 11 -
Cop29 live: UN chair ‘so sick’ of Saudi Arabia’s defence of fossil fuels
Former climate minister for Canada reacts after Saudi delegation said it ‘will not accept any text that targets any specific sectors, including fossil fuels’. My colleague Patrick Greenfield is ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
COP29 climate summit begins today. 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.Top stories - CBS News - November 11 -
‘It is feasible’: climate finance won’t burden rich countries, say economists
Experts say mix of taxes with development bank and private funding can provide $1tn a year needed by 2030. Raising money needed to tackle the climate crisis need not be a burden on overstretched ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Oil-producing nations under fire at COP29 over fossil fuels omission
EU says draft agreements released at climate summit are ‘clearly unacceptable’World - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
‘It’s really an honour’: people of oil-rich Azerbaijan welcome climate summit
Cop29 is taking place in a country whose economy has long been dependent on its oil reserves. Oil runs deep in Azerbaijan, the host country of this year’s UN climate summit. Just 30 minutes ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Cop29: which climate finance ideas are most likely to work?
With $1tn a year needed, we analyse how best to fill the gap, from wealth taxes to levies on flying and oil extraction. Countries meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the Cop29 climate summit are under ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
COP29 Begins With Climate Finance, Absent Leaders, and Trump Looming Large
The annual UN climate summit has kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, with lofty goals, but many global leaders missing.Tech - Wired - November 11 -
Cop29 climate finance deal hits fresh setback as deadline looms
Outcry after draft text contains only an ‘X’ instead of setting $1tn funding goal to support developing countries. Cop29 climate summit – live updates Hopes of a breakthrough at the ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Besides Climate, the COP29 Summit Has a New Worry With Trump Win
The President-elect, who has called climate change a hoax, is hostile to global efforts to slow planetary warming, shifting the leadership burden to Europe and China.Business - Inc. - November 7 -
France shuns COP29 as divisions deepen at UN climate summit
Argentina also withdraws negotiator as Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev lashes out at Emmanuel MacronWorld - Financial Times - November 14 -
Almost 500 carbon capture lobbyists granted access to Cop29 climate summit
More lobbyists for the controversial technology were present this year, despite debate about its viability. At least 480 lobbyists working on carbon capture and storage (CCS) have been granted ...World - The Guardian - November 16 -
Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial farming attend Cop29 climate summit
Nearly 40% of food sector lobbyists have travelled to Baku as part of countries’ delegations. Cop29 climate summit – live updates Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial agriculture are attending ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Ultra-rich using jets like taxis, climate scientists warn
Researchers worked out the amount of planet-warming gas released by private jets over four years.Top stories - BBC News - November 7
