Hear from activists at COP29 on why they are fighting climate change
They’re angry, they’re tired, they’re ready for change. Climate activists at the COP29 U.N. climate change summit are advocating for those on the front lines of worsening disasters.
Climate summit veterans call for urgent reform amid COP29
A group of high-level climate diplomats — including Christiana Figueres, who led the UN climate talks in Paris in 2015 — released an open letter Friday in the midst of COP29 calling for urgent reform of the summit process.
COP29: 5 Critical Developments To Watch At This Year’s Climate Summit
COP29, this year's biggest environmental conference, is now underway. Here is how leaders from around the world are coming together to advance global climate efforts.
What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit?
World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Wednesday. "Once again, we emphasize that if this conference should intend to prove its goodwill in striving for a better future for all,
Trump’s shadow looms at climate summit: what COP29 could deliver
Nations gather to discuss who should pay to prevent the worst effects of climate change. But Donald Trump’s US election win might dampen commitments.
COP29 climate summit kicks off in Baku. 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.
Select countries back more funding for climate action at COP29 summit
A coalition of world leaders from industrialized nations and climate-vulnerable countries at the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku called for more ambitious climate funding on Wednesday. "Trillions of dollars are required.
COP29: What is the latest science on climate change?
This year's U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures, adding pressure to negotiations aimed at curbing climate change.
World leaders begin plenary speeches at COP29 climate summit
Dozens of leaders are set to give speeches at the UN's Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan on Tuesday, setting the tone for the two-week negotiations. Among others, UN Secretary General António Guterres is expected to speak.
Video: Live: World Leaders arrive to Climate Action Summit at Cop29
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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 Agreement again,
Geopolitics overshadow COP29 talks on climate cash, as Argentina walks away
By Kate Abnett, Olesya Astakhova and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) -Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on ...
Democratic senators: Second Trump term will still bring opportunities for climate action
Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), two of the Senate’s most aggressive advocates for action on ...
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COP29 host Azerbaijan shelves fossil-fuelled climate fund
COP29 host Azerbaijan suspended the launch of a new fund with voluntary contributions from fossil fuel producers.
COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
This year's U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a ...
‘World must pay up, or humanity will pay the price,’ Guterres warns COP29 climate summit
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for 'climate justice' in his address to the United Nations annual ...
Cop29 bingo: a beginner’s guide to climate acronyms
So many complicated climate acronyms render meaningless to the general public – here’s a guide to some of the jargon.
Cop29 live: call for summits only to be held in countries that support climate action
UK Greens say climate measures ‘being derailed by the fossil fuel lobby’ and that Trump’s victory underlines the need to ...
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UN climate summit 'no longer fit for purpose', activists say after Cop29 host says oil is 'gift from God'
A UN climate summit is "no longer fit for purpose" an activists' group has said after Cop29 in Azerbaijan. Top scientists and ...