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Developing nations slam ‘paltry’ $300 bn climate deal
Developing nations slam ‘paltry’ $300 bn climate dealClimate

Developing nations slam ‘paltry’ $300 bn climate deal

By Nick Perry, Laurent Thomet and Shaun Tandon | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations…
SourceSourceNovember 24, 2024 Full article
“At best the avoidance of a diplomatic disaster”: PIK assessment on COP29 closing
“At best the avoidance of a diplomatic disaster”: PIK assessment on COP29 closingNews

“At best the avoidance of a diplomatic disaster”: PIK assessment on COP29 closing

In the past two weeks, around 40,000 people from all over the world took part in the UN climate summit COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Key…
SourceSourceNovember 24, 2024 Full article
World approves $300 bn for poor nations in climate deal
World approves $300 bn for poor nations in climate dealNews

World approves $300 bn for poor nations in climate deal

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - Nearly 200 nations approved Sunday a climate deal that raises to at least $300 billion a year the amount wealthy…
SourceSourceNovember 24, 2024 Full article
Poor nations walk out of climate deal consultation with COP29 president
Poor nations walk out of climate deal consultation with COP29 presidentNews

Poor nations walk out of climate deal consultation with COP29 president

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - Negotiators from small islands and least-developed nations on Saturday walked out of overtime consultations on a climate deal with COP29…
SourceSourceNovember 23, 2024 Full article
EU offers to raise rich countries’ climate pledge to $300 bn: COP29 negotiators
EU offers to raise rich countries’ climate pledge to $300 bn: COP29 negotiatorsNews

EU offers to raise rich countries’ climate pledge to $300 bn: COP29 negotiators

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - The European Union is ready to raise to $300 billion an offer by wealthy nations for annual climate funding to…
SourceSourceNovember 23, 2024 Full article
COP29 in extra time as poor nations reject $250 bn offer
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COP29 in extra time as poor nations reject $250 bn offerNews

COP29 in extra time as poor nations reject $250 bn offer

By Nick Perry, Laurent Thomet and Shaun Tandon | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - Heated negotiations on a global climate deal were set to spill into…
SourceSourceNovember 22, 2024 Full article
World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29
World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29News

World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - A fresh draft deal published Thursday at the deadlocked COP29 climate talks shows rich and poor countries still divided as…
SourceSourceNovember 21, 2024 Full article
COP29 negotiators strive for deal after G20 ‘marching orders’
COP29 negotiators strive for deal after G20 ‘marching orders’News

COP29 negotiators strive for deal after G20 ‘marching orders’

By Nick Perry, Benjamin Legendre and Laurent Thomet | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - Negotiators toiled Tuesday to break a deadlock at UN climate talks after…
SourceSourceNovember 19, 2024 Full article
UN climate chief at deadlocked COP29: ‘Cut the theatrics’
UN climate chief at deadlocked COP29: ‘Cut the theatrics’News

UN climate chief at deadlocked COP29: ‘Cut the theatrics’

By Nick Perry, Benjamin Legendre and Julien Mivielle | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan (Updated) - The UN's climate chief told countries at the deadlocked COP29 summit…
SourceSourceNovember 18, 2024 Full article
EU to ‘lead’ on climate finance but others must join: commissioner
EU to ‘lead’ on climate finance but others must join: commissionerNews

EU to ‘lead’ on climate finance but others must join: commissioner

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - The EU's climate commissioner on Monday said the bloc would take the lead in paying climate finance to poorer countries,…
SourceSourceNovember 18, 2024 Full article
Trump’s Republican allies tread lightly on Paris pact at COP29
Trump’s Republican allies tread lightly on Paris pact at COP29News

Trump’s Republican allies tread lightly on Paris pact at COP29

By Laurent Thomet and Ivan Couronne | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - Donald Trump's Republican allies in Congress showed up at UN climate talks to tout…
SourceSourceNovember 16, 2024 Full article
Oil execs work COP29 as NGOs slam lobbyist presence
Oil execs work COP29 as NGOs slam lobbyist presenceNews

Oil execs work COP29 as NGOs slam lobbyist presence

By Delphine Paysant with Kelly Macnamara in Paris Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - Oil executives and lobbyists descended on COP29 in Baku for "energy day"…
SourceSourceNovember 15, 2024 Full article
Billionaires held to account as campaigners demand ‘Energy of the People’ at COP29
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Billionaires held to account as campaigners demand ‘Energy of the People’ at COP29News

Billionaires held to account as campaigners demand ‘Energy of the People’ at COP29

Baku, Azerbaijan – At a powerful press conference today at COP29, Indigenous leaders and climate campaigners launched two critical campaigns to underscore the urgent need…
SourceSourceNovember 14, 2024 Full article
COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil
COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoilNews

COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil

By Delphine PAYSANT | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - Host Azerbaijan tried to bring down the diplomatic temperature in Baku on Thursday after a French minister…
SourceSourceNovember 14, 2024 Full article
Fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2024: researchers
Fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2024: researchersNews

Fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2024: researchers

By Kelly MACNAMARA | AFP Paris, France - Planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from oil, gas and coal rose to a new record high this year,…
SourceSourceNovember 13, 2024 Full article
US climate action won’t end with Trump, envoy tells COP29
US climate action won’t end with Trump, envoy tells COP29Climate

US climate action won’t end with Trump, envoy tells COP29

By Sara Hussein and Ivan Couronne | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - Washington's top climate envoy sought to reassure countries at the CO29 talks Monday that…
SourceSourceNovember 11, 2024 Full article
COP29 opens after Trump win with call for cooperation
COP29 opens after Trump win with call for cooperationClimate

COP29 opens after Trump win with call for cooperation

By Sara Hussein and Ivan Couronne | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - The COP29 climate talks opened Monday in Azerbaijan with a call to show global…
SourceSourceNovember 11, 2024 Full article
COP29 opens with Trump climate withdrawal looming
COP29 opens with Trump climate withdrawal loomingNews

COP29 opens with Trump climate withdrawal looming

By Sara Hussein and Ivan Couronne | AFP Baku, Azerbaijan - The COP29 climate talks open Monday in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by…
SourceSourceNovember 11, 2024 Full article
Public money ‘must be at core’ of new climate pact: UN’s Stiell
Public money ‘must be at core’ of new climate pact: UN’s StiellNews

Public money ‘must be at core’ of new climate pact: UN’s Stiell

Paris, France (AFP) - The UN's climate chief said Thursday that money from rich countries "must be at the core" of a new deal to…
SourceSourceOctober 17, 2024 Full article
Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit
Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summitNews

Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit

By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - Nations remain in deadlock over a crucial pact on climate aid, with divisions over who pays, and…
SourceSourceOctober 8, 2024 Full article
COP29 host unveil ambitious climate initiatives amid negotiation stalemate
COP29 host unveil ambitious climate initiatives amid negotiation stalemateClimate

COP29 host unveil ambitious climate initiatives amid negotiation stalemate

With less than two months before the COP29 summit, the Presidency, led by Azerbaijan, has launched the COP29 Presidency Initiatives as part of a broader…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 17, 2024 Full article
COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels
COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuelsNews

COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels

By Nick Perry | AFP Bonn, Germany - The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan told AFP on Friday that his…
SourceSourceJune 7, 2024 Full article