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Annual U.N. summit COP29 kicks off in global effort to fight climate change
The annual United Nations summit known as COP29 kicks off Monday in Azerbaijan. The summit is when nearly 200 countries gather for about two weeks to work on strategies to slow global warming. CBS ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
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 - 3 days ago -
Argentina withdraws negotiators from Cop29 summit
Move adds to concerns about the stability of the Paris agreement after the election in the US of Donald Trump. Argentinian negotiators representing the government of the climate science denier ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
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 -
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 - 6 days 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 - 3 days ago -
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 - 6 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 MacronWorld - Financial Times - 9 hours ago -
United Nations Climate Summit kicks off with high stakes
With 2024 set to be the hottest year on record and leaders divided on climate action, this year's United Nations Climate Summit opens under high stakes and lingering doubts. CBS News national ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
COP29: In Donald Trump’s shadow
Can the world fight climate change without the US?Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
Activists sound alarm at COP29 in Azerbaijan
Delegates from nations across the world are in Azerbaijan for the COP29 climate summit as data shows the highest greenhouse gas emissions ever recorded occurred in 2023. CBS News national ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
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 - Yesterday -
ObamaCare open enrollment kicks off
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story ACA enrollment now open days before election Americans can start signing up for health coverage through ...Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
The BRICS Summit Was a Glimpse of the World to Come
Last week’s BRICS summit showed how the balance of global power increasingly eludes the West’s grasp.Top stories - The New York Times - October 29 -
What would a good outcome at Cop29 look like?
Focus will be on climate finance and improving on current goal of providing $100bn a year to poor countries. This year’s UN climate summit, being held in Azerbaijan, is focused on finance , and ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
All you need to know about COP29
Leaders heading to the annual UN climate talks have a lot of other distractions to contend withTop stories - BBC News - 6 days ago -
Cop29: what are carbon credits and why are they so controversial?
Once heavily scorned because of fraud and poor outcomes, carbon trading is likely to be high on the agenda in Baku. For the next two weeks, countries will gather on the shores of the Caspian Sea in ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
COP29 Talks Open in Baku in the Shadow of Trump’s Election
The election of Donald J. Trump is sapping momentum from global climate talks as diplomats brace for his pro-fossil-fuel agenda.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Why Is COP29 Being Held in Baku, Azerbaijan?
The economy of Azerbaijan, host of COP29, relies almost entirely on the fossil fuels that are the main driver of global warming.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
COP29, the U.N. conference on climate change, underway in Azerbaijan
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, is underway in Azerbaijan at a time when the U.S. is producing more oil than any country and is expected to produce more when President-elect ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
Trump's climate policy looms over COP29
A major climate summit kicked off in Azerbaijan on Monday amid uncertainty over U.S. commitments to combatting global warming. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will exit the Paris Climate ...Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
Cop29: UK commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions must be ‘starting point, not finish line’, climate advisers say – live updates
Climate scientists and advisers back new UK commitment but warn that there is still work to be done. In the halls of Cop29, activists from Oil Change International gathered around a computer to ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Biden Officials Try to Reassure COP29 Climate Talks
Negotiators at the summit in Azerbaijan fear that the return of Donald Trump will sap momentum for global climate action.Science - The New York Times - 11 hours ago -
Oil and gas are a 'gift of god', says COP29 host
Azerbaijan's president said countries should not be blamed for having fossil fuel reserves.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
At COP29, Keir Starmer Announces the UK’s Ambitious Climate Targets
The prime minister announced more ambitious climate targets, charting a very different course from the United States, which is expected to roll back its energy transition plans.World - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Hollywood and Bollywood Kickoff Diwali in New York
Hasan Minhaj, Mira Nair and Nora Fatehi joined business and entertainment leaders of South Asian descent at the Pierre hotel in their most elegant attire.Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 15