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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 - 3 days ago

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, ...

Keir Starmer to unveil ambitious new UK climate goal at Cop29

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 ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Trump and Germany loom over uncertain COP29 finance talks

Also in this newsletter: Much ado about party politics at European commissioner hearings

World - Financial Times - 2 days ago

Countries Weigh How to Raise Trillions for Climate Crisis at COP29

Low-income countries need at least $1 trillion a year to manage climate change. Donald Trump’s victory just made that more difficult, but options exist.

World - The New York Times - 2 days ago

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 ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

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

World - Financial Times - 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 - 9 hours ago

France shuns COP29 as divisions deepen at UN climate summit

Argentina also withdraws negotiator as Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev lashes out at Emmanuel Macron

World - Financial Times - 12 hours ago

Mozambique opposition lawyer shot dead

Lawyer Elvino Dias and opposition party official Paulo Guambe were gunned down in broad daylight.

Married couple shot in head found by daughter

Stephen and Christine Jefferies had both been shot, along with their pet dog, an inquest hears.

Shot boy, 8, died on rabbit hunting trip

A coroner suspends the inquest into the boy's death while police continue their investigation.

Double trouble and dancing troupes: Africa's top shots

World - Yahoo News - October 18

Bettors backing Bronny as long shot ROY pick

More bets have been placed on Bronny James to win the NBA's Rookie of the Year than any other player at multiple major U.S. sportsbooks.

Sports - ESPN - October 22

Medical student shot dead at Memphis cancer walk

A medical student was shot and killed at a cancer walk in Memphis over the weekend. Authorities have charged her ex-boyfriend with murder.

Blue skies and bitter tears: Africa's top shots

World - Yahoo News - October 25

Reddick wins, giving MJ shot at NASCAR crown

Tyler Reddick went high and overtook Ryan Blaney on the final turn to win at Homestead-Miami on Sunday to secure a spot in NASCAR's winner-take-all finale in Arizona in two weeks

Sports - ESPN - October 27

Fashion killers and pumpkin assassins: Africa's top shots

World - Yahoo News - November 1

Arrest made after mom, daughter shot dead by home intruder

Junior Edwards, 37, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with murder, prosecutors said.

Pelicans, prayers and people power: Africa's top shots

World - Yahoo News - 6 days ago

Argentine football hooligan leader shot dead in street

Andrés Bracamonte, known as Pillín, was gunned down near his club's stadium in Rosario.

Spirit Airlines Plane Shot at in Haiti and Forced to Divert

A day after the prime minister of Haiti was fired, the airport in Port-au-Prince was closed because of the attack on the aircraft. A JetBlue plane was also struck.