What was decided at the COP29 climate summit in Baku?
Nov 27, 2024 · A watered-down draft text proposed to “reaffirm” last year’s pledge without calling out fossil fuels by name, and also emphasised the role of “transitional fuels” – which could be …
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News 2024: A year of extreme heat and growing climate danger 27 December 2024. News This year is set to be the hottest on record – but scientists say there’s still time to limit temperature …
Big emitters accused of hiding behind climate treaties in …
Dec 5, 2024 · At a landmark legal hearing in The Hague this week, wealthy countries that are big emitters of planet-heating gases have used the Paris Agreement and other existing treaties on …
Gender equality cannot be last on the agenda at COP29
Nov 18, 2024 · Nicoline de Haan is director of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform. The centrality of gender to climate action has been recognised by the Azerbaijan presidency of …
Why a global pact on plastic pollution needs production curbs?
Nov 26, 2024 · Delegates from more than 175 countries are in Busan, South Korea, this week to hammer out an environmental deal described as the most significant since the Paris …
COP29 Bulletin Day 9: Developing nations deride “$200bn” finance …
Nov 20, 2024 · Adaptation talks gridlocked over finance. Negotiations on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) were also stuck over developed countries’ unwillingness to provide finance …
India fires warning shot with rejection of finance deal at COP29
Nov 25, 2024 · But on Sunday, within hours of COP29 finally reaching a deal, Jennifer Morgan, Germany’s special envoy for climate, posted a statement on X saying: “We stand to give more, …
In numbers: reports dive into the state of the climate in 2024
Nov 11, 2024 · The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) titled this year’s Adaptation Gap Report “Come hell and high water”, underscoring the need to step up efforts to make economies and …
At COP16, countries clash over future of global fund for nature …
Oct 24, 2024 · Two years ago, at the COP15 UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, 196 countries agreed to set up a fund for projects to conserve and restore nature – but it has struggled to …
Biden uses only Africa visit to promote "game changer" railway for ...
May 12, 2024 · In his first – and most likely last – visit to sub-Saharan Africa as US President this week, Joe Biden chose to focus on the planned upgrade of a cross-border railway that is set to …