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COP29 | Climate finance transfers top agenda

Exclusive-Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says

A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and security crises facing their populations, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

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WATCH | COP29 | Climate finance transfers top agenda

African negotiators at the COP29 climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan are asking rich countries for $1.3 Trillion per year in climate finance.

India Today on MSN · 1d

High-level report calls for $1 trillion boost in climate finance at COP29

One of the report's key projections is the global investment need for climate action, estimated at $6.3–6.7 trillion annually by 2030.

Reuters · 19h

COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries

Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's most vulnerable, as political tensions overshadowed the talks and Argentina on Thursday pulled its delegation from Baku.

France shuns COP29

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What to expect as the UN’s COP29 climate change summit begins in Azerbaijan

The 2024 summit in Azerbaijan comes amid fresh reports showing that global warming levels are accelerating, bringing more intense climate-related disasters and an increased demand for funding to mitigate and protect communities from the effects of climate change.

The Financial Times · 1d

France shuns COP29 as divisions deepen at UN climate summit

France has in effect boycotted the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan after an attack by the host country president, laying bare a divide between the two nations at negotiations where guest lists are dominated by regional neighbours and oil and gas interests have been defended.

Yahoo · 1d

France shuns Cop29 over Azeri comments on New Caledonia, colonialism

France's Environment Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher will stay away from the Cop29 global climate change conference in Baku after 'unacceptable' attacks by Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev. France will stay away from the climate talks taking place in the Azeri capital after Ilham Aliyev accused Paris of "crimes" and "human rights violations" in overseas territories including New Caledonia in the South Pacific,

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Cop29 live: call for summits only to be held in countries that support climate action

Even the few leaks that were fixed after the UN alerts amount to emissions of taking a million cars off the road. Methane, ...

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As COP29 debates climate change, a trillion dollar question: Can govts end fossil fuel subsidies?

At the UN’s‘COP29 climate summit’ in Baku, discussions are ongoing over reducing distortions and inefficiencies created by ...

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COP29 hosts accused of detaining climate defenders

Natalia Nozadze from Amnesty International told BBC News that since Azerbaijan was announced as the host country for COP29 in ...

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Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?

This week, nations are hashing out new goals for climate finance at the COP29 talks. Loss and damage is finally on the agenda ...

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What is COP29 and how will Trump’s election affect the climate talks?

The US election victory of Donald Trump - a known climate sceptic - could also prove to be a distraction, and some important ...

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At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.

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Climate Leaders Call For Renewed Hope and Ambition at TIME100 COP29 Impact Dinner

Climate leaders gathered at TIME’s COP29 Impact Dinner in Baku, Azerbaijan for a celebration of the TIME100 Climate ...

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COP29: UK’s Biggest Broadcasters Commit To A Shared Measurement System For Climate Change Content

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the United Nation’s annual climate change gathering. The current edition is in Baku, ...

As COP29 begins in Baku, local experts say climate change is causing the Caspian sea to shrink

As world leaders gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, for COP29, the impact of climate change can be seen up close. The Caspian sea, ...

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COP29: UN climate summits 'no longer fit for purpose', warn leading figures

An open letter to the United Nations - with signatories including the former head of the UN climate body (UNFCCC) - says the ...

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