COP29: Climate change could kill millions — and world leaders must work to limit fatalities
The 1,000-ton rule states that a person is killed every time humanity burns 1,000 tons of fossil carbon. Minimizing the deaths caused by climate change should be a global priority.
China’s influence grows at COP29 climate talks as US leadership fades
Few say the conference was a resounding success. But neither was it a failure. The central task of the conference, known as COP29, was to come up with funding to help developing countries become more resilient to the effects of climate change and to transition to more sustainable economic growth.
COP29: African leaders call for urgent action on climate finance
At COP29 in Baku, African nations spotlight the dire need for climate finance, clean energy, and equitable green growth.
After a disappointing COP29, here's how to design global climate talks that might actually work
Many people long involved in global climate negotiations see the annual United Nations COP climate talks as fundamentally flawed. That includes me.
View(s) from Africa: Verdicts on the “Shameful” COP29 Climate Talks
Negotiators from Africa and elsewhere in the Global South huddle on the final day of the COP29 climate talks in Baku. Credit: IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis. Negotiators from Africa arrived in Baku for the COP29 climate talks two weeks ago with many hopes and a few clear demands.
COP29 Delegates Ignored the Ultimate Cause of Global Warming | Opinion
UN climate and biodiversity conferences have averted their gaze from the unchecked growth in human consumption and population ...
COP29 is over, but climate action needs private funding too – here are 4 key ways to make that happen
The climate fight needs huge sums, and private investment, carbon markets and development banks can provide them.
Developing Nations And Nonprofits Reject ‘Disaster’ COP29 Climate Deal
The COP29 climate conference ends in "disaster," as wealthy nations delivered a deal on finance that was rejected by key ...
Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges
When COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev stepped to the podium at the closing meeting of the Baku climate summit on Sunday ...
The Immense Disappointment and Promise of the COP29 Climate Summit
No one left this year’s United Nations climate conference happy, but the talks were still an important marker.
Compromise deal reached at COP29 climate talks for $300 billion a year to poor nations
United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity's fight against climate ...
Business seeks details in face of mixed COP29 climate messages
BAKU, Nov 25 (Reuters) - COP29 deals on finance and carbon markets could lead to billions more dollars flowing around the ...
Cop29 climate finance deal: why poor countries are so angry
The cost of borrowing money can be up to seven times higher for developing countries than the US and Europe. This is because ...
$300 billion pledge at COP29 climate summit a “paltry sum”
A representative for Cuba, which has suffered from devastating hurricanes, noted the pledge of $300 billion represented less ...
COP29 negotiators agree on funding deal for poor nations facing climate crises
United Nations climate negotiators agreed on a funding formula to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate ...
Indigenous peoples, impacted by climate change, raise alarm about the planet at COP29
Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia, 26, of Huapi Island, Chile, from the Mapuche Huilliche community, poses for a photo ...
Two Numbers For Assessing The Outcome At COP29
Going forward, the success of the COP29 agreement in containing global temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius can be gauged ...