What was decided at the COP29 climate summit in Baku?
Read our explainer on the key outcomes from the COP29 UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where finance was at the centre.
Baku's COP29 legacy: a new era in climate finance or too little, too late?
After the COP is before the COP. Baku, Azerbaijan, 23.11.2024
Baku Breakthrough: COP29 Climate Talks and the $300 Billion Finance Deal
COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev successfully secured a $300 billion climate finance plan at the Baku summit. The agreement, though criticized as inadequate by some, highlights the struggles against geopolitical and political challenges.
Negotiators are urged to get down to business as climate talks in Baku enter second week
United Nations climate talks resumed Monday with negotiators urged to make progress on a deal that could see developing countries get more money to spend on clean energy and adapting to climate-charged weather extremes.
COP29: Why a $300bn climate deal to help poorer countries has been criticised
A $300bn (£240bn) deal at the UN's COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan, to help developing countries tackle climate change, has been heavily criticised. After two weeks of negotiations in the city of Baku - that were extended by more than a day - richer countries agreed to more than double the yearly payments paid to poorer nations by 2035.
World reaches $300 bn climate finance deal at COP29
The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters
$300 billion pledge at COP29 climate summit a “paltry sum”
The world’s most important climate talks were pulled back from the brink of collapse after poorer countries reluctantly accepted a finance package of “at least” $300 billion a year from wealthy nations after bitter negotiations.
COP29 ends with controversial $300B climate finance pledge
After two weeks of intense negotiations, developed countries at COP29 finally agreed to a $300B a year climate finance target. Read more.
COP29: Summit ends with $300bn a year climate finance deal for developing nations
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COP29 Baku: Trends, obstacles and the way forward
With its pluses and minuses, COP29 in Baku is a reminder that only through collaboration and ambition can the world ensure a ...
What do Baku and Brussels need to do to see eye to eye on gas supplies to the EU?
Some 90% of Baku's exports are based on fossil fuel resources, and the EU needs natural gas that could replace the Russian ...
Anger, frustration in Baku as draft COP29 deal leaves key issues open
Disputes in Baku are growing increasingly heated 24 hours before the UN Climate Change Conference is due to end, as ...
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Opinion: Canada must beware the Baku climate hustle
Rich western countries are paying for poor countries' climate damages while big emitters like China and Saudi Arabia get off ...
As talks in Baku cross the halfway point, nations are no closer to a goal on cash for climate action
Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially ...
COP faces an existential crisis in Baku
COP is an imperfect process, and is always in some stage of breakdown. It was never very likely that any kind of voluntary, ...
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Baku to host concert "Song and Romance"
The concert "Song and Romance" will take place on November 28, Azernews reports. The event is organized jointly by the Ganja ...
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Money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. Nations are finding ways to raise it
Money is the key issue in Baku, where negotiators are working on a new amount of cash for developing nations to transition to ...
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Reporter’s diary: How Baku turned me from a COP optimist into a COP sceptic
A gathering overshadowed by Trump’s re-election ended in a disappointing deal that underscores the growing headwinds the UN ...