Cop29 draft finance deal rejected as negotiators walk out of UN climate talks Politics The latest rough draft of a deal on climate finance is thought to have been soundly rejected by developing economies at Cop29, a day after the UN summit was scheduled to finish. Negotiators from rich and poor nations are huddled in one room as the talks to reach a deal on money for developing countries [...]
Finance deal remains elusive at Cop29 as UN climate talks stretch into overtime Politics Countries have worked through the night to broker a deal on climate finance at the UN climate summit as negotiations stretched into overtime. Patience is wearing thin on the ground at Cop29 in Azerbaijan as negotiations in the host city, Baku, hit a deadlock again on Saturday afternoon – almost 24 hours after the summit [...]
Taiwan is being excluded from international climate agreements – against its will Opinion As world leaders and delegates gather this month in Baku, Azerbaijan, for Cop29 to address the global threat of climate change, Taiwan – with its proactive net-zero policies, invaluable climate adaptation experience and demonstrated commitment to climate action – remains excluded from participating in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for political [...]
Consumers will pay for Starmer’s green targets November 14, 2024 It’s easy to be cynical about a climate conference that sees plutocrats flying their private jets to a petrostate claiming they’re going to save the world. That’s certainly the position of Greta Thunberg, who has dismissed COP29 as an exercise in greenwashing Azerbaijan’s human rights violations, a view shared – in City AM recently – [...]
COP29: What world leaders can learn from indigenous communities November 11, 2024 As global leaders gather for COP29, they must remember that climate change is a symptom of our broken relationship with nature, and indigenous people can help repair that Today, despite grand statements from multinational corporations and warm words from politicians, we continue to damage the natural world at a rate it cannot possibly sustain. Our [...]