Exclusive-Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says
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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.
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Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says
BAKU - 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.
COP29 climate talks grapple with trillion-dollar task
Developing countries need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to cope with climate change, economists told U.N. talks in Baku, where early efforts to reach a finance deal risk being overshadowed by diplomatic disputes.
Diplomatic tensions shadow COP29 talks as nations struggle to hammer out climate finance deal
France's Environment Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said Wednesday she would not travel to Baku after Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev accused Paris of colonial "crimes" and "human rights violations" in its overseas territories.
COP29: Developed countries urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer nations as UN climate talks focus on finance
BAKU: Giving much needed talking points around nature and quality of new post-2025 climate finance here at UN climate conference (COP29), an Independent High-Level Expert Group on the issue on Thursday suggested that the negotiations should be focused on mobilising $1 trillion per year by 2030 in "external (public and private) finance from all
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 how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's most vulnerable,
Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?
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The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.
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Fossil fuel lobbyists eclipse delegations from most climate-vulnerable nations at COP29 climate talks
As with last year’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai, significantly more fossil lobbyists have been granted access to COP29 than ...
Argentina’s Javier Milei withdraws delegation from UN climate talks in Baku
Right-wing president Javier Milei has withdrawn Argentina ’s delegation from the Cop29 UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts
The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a ...
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Oil execs work COP29 as NGOs slam lobbyist presence
Oil executives descended on the COP29 talks in Baku for "energy day" on Friday as environmental groups denounced the presence ...
Gore says climate progress 'won't slow much' because of Trump
Former US vice president Al Gore believes a second Donald Trump term in the White House may have little impact on the ...