Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP – Negotiators from small islands and least-developed nations on Saturday walked out of overtime consultations on a climate deal with COP29 president Azerbaijan, saying their interests on finance were ignored.

“We’ve just walked out. We came here to this COP for a fair deal. We feel that we haven’t been heard,” said Cedric Schuster, the Samoan chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States, a coalition of nations threatened by rising seas.

mdo-sct/lth/giv

© Agence France-Presse

Featured image credit: wirestock | Freepik.com

Satellite Image: Planchón-Peteroa volcano, Chile and Argentina
Image of the day: Ash plume from Planchón-Peteroa volcano drifts into ArgentinaNews

Image of the day: Ash plume from Planchón-Peteroa volcano drifts into Argentina

The Planchón-Peteroa volcanic complex, an elongated system of overlapping calderas along the Chile–Argentina border, has been active since the Pleistocene. Its volcanic history began with…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 3, 2025 Full article
Image: whales (s. whaling)
Whaling: why the practice will not go awayNews

Whaling: why the practice will not go away

Paris, France | AFP The detention in Greenland of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson pending possible extradition to Japan has turned the spotlight on the widely…
SourceSourceAugust 24, 2024 Full article
Image: White Boat In The Middle Of The Sea During Sunset (s. Mediterranean Sea)
Mediterranean set new June temperature high on Sunday: French weather serviceNews

Mediterranean set new June temperature high on Sunday: French weather service

Paris, France | AFP The Mediterranean Sea on Sunday hit its warmest temperature on record for June at 26.01 degrees Celsius, said a French weather service…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2025 Full article