Climate, COP29 and United Nations

Climate-threatened nations stage protest at COP29 over contentious deal
The world's most climate-imperilled nations stormed out of consultations in protest at the deadlocked UN COP29 conference Saturday, as simmering tensions over a hard-fought finance deal erupted into the open.
Rich nations raise COP29 climate-finance offer to $300 billion, developing nations fume
The COP29 talks have laid bare the divisions between wealthy governments and developing nations reeling from the costs of storms, floods and droughts fueled by climate change.
Negotiators work through the night at UN climate talks to try to reach a cash deal for poor nations
The United Nations' annual climate talks are pushing into overtime under a cloud of anger and disappointment as negotiators are well short of a deal on money for developing nations to curb and adapt to climate change.
COP29: Climate-vulnerable nations walk out of overtime talks
Negotiators from small island and least-developed nations have staged a walkout at consultations in Azerbaijan, pushing the UN climate negotiations to the brink of collapse.
UN talks in disarray as a rough draft deal for climate cash is rejected by developing nations
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A proposed deal on climate cash at UN summit highlights split between rich and poor nations
A new draft of a deal on cash to curb and adapt to climate change released Friday afternoon at the United Nations climate summit pledged $250 billion by 2035 from wealthy countries to poorer ones. The amount pleases the countries who
Wealthy Countries Back Raising COP29 Climate Deal to $300 Billion, Sources Say
The European Union, United States and other wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to $300 billion per year by 2035, sources told Reuters on Saturday.
COP29 overruns as poor countries seethe over climate cash
UN climate talks looked set to overrun into the weekend as a deep gulf formed between richer and poorer countries over cash to help those most vulnerable in a warming world. Wealthier nations offered to more than double to $250bn a year the cash they give developing countries annually to fight climate change.
COP29 braces for new deal after poorer nations reject climate offer
Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by
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German foreign minister attacks host Azerbaijan at UN climate summit
Following the extension of the deadlocked UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on ...
In a board game, climate experts work to save the world, which diplomats at COP29 try in real life
While diplomats negotiated at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan, climate experts played a board game where ...
Tea is a way of life in Azerbaijan and center stage at COP29. But it's not immune to climate change
As Azerbaijan introduces its vibrant tea culture to COP29 attendees, scientists are studying how to save it from climate ...
At U.N. climate talks, ‘sewage beer’ from Singapore highlights water scarcity and innovations
The Singapore pavilion at the United Nations climate talks offers attendees free beer with an ingredient surprising to many — ...
‘Climate Finance’ COP29 Upended By Cheap Oil And ‘Gift Of God’ Remarks
Political shenanigans, unrealistically lofty ambitions on financing and economies digging their heels on fossil fuels largely ...
Climate talks in Azerbaijan head into their second week, coinciding with G20 in Rio
United Nations talks on getting money to curb and adapt to climate change resume Monday with fresh hope that negotiators and ...
‘We have to do something’: athletes speak up as climate change threatens sports and health
Indian triathlete Pragnya Mohan, New Zealand footballer Katie Rood among the athletes to speak on the issue at the UN climate ...