COP26: Will Glasgow deliver what Paris promised in fight against climate change?
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: Will Glasgow deliver what Paris promised in fight against climate change?

India Today  

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is underway with world leaders reaching Glasgow in the United Kingdom to discuss how to check global warming and slow down the phenomenon of climate change. “We are extremely grateful to the government of the United Kingdom for hosting this crucially important conference in these unprecedented times and for making every effort to keep all participants safe and healthy,” said Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of UN Climate Change. Researchers had recently said that climate finance needs to rise sharply to $5 trillion a year globally by 2030 to fund measures to fight climate change. India has said making technologies available to the developing world would be key to fighting climate change effectively.

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The Baku backlash: Why Cop29 needn’t be an irreversible setback for climate change
2 weeks, 4 days ago

The Baku backlash: Why Cop29 needn’t be an irreversible setback for climate change

The Independent  

I remember being captivated as a young man by this bold, Latin American leader called Rafael Correa. When the deadline passed after four years of campaigning, and deposits of only $13.3m had been received, president Correa declared that “the world has failed us” – not so different to the words echoed by the least developed country negotiators last week, who …

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint  

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks

Live Mint  

THE SENSE that the COP29 climate talks were outstaying their welcome in Baku was tangible through growing absences. In 2021 in Glasgow the attendees committed themselves to a “New Collective Quantified Goal" for climate finance that would go beyond Paris’s $100bn a year from north to south. The most frequently cited estimate of what it would cost for developing countries …

Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks

Live Mint  

THE SENSE that the COP29 climate talks were outstaying their welcome in Baku was tangible through growing absences. In 2021 in Glasgow the attendees committed themselves to a “New Collective Quantified Goal” for climate finance that would go beyond Paris’s $100bn a year from north to south. The most frequently cited estimate of what it would cost for developing countries …

Cop29 secures last minute $300bn climate finance deal as talks saved from collapse
1 month ago

Cop29 secures last minute $300bn climate finance deal as talks saved from collapse

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Activists participated in demonstrations for climate finance at the Cop29 summit “This deal will keep …

COP29 ends with contentious outcome
1 month ago

COP29 ends with contentious outcome

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev walks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Following two weeks of wrangling between the delegations of developing and developed countries, the COP29 United Nations climate change conference finally concluded, more than 30 hours past its deadline, with the adoption of a climate finance …

COP29 ends with contentious outcome
1 month ago

COP29 ends with contentious outcome

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev walks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Following two weeks of wrangling between the delegations of developing and developed countries, the COP29 United Nations climate change conference finally concluded, more than 30 hours past its deadline, with the adoption of a climate finance …

COP29 ends with contentious outcome
1 month ago

COP29 ends with contentious outcome

China Daily  

By HOU LIQIANG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-24 21:44 COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev walks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Following two weeks of wrangling between the delegations of developing and developed countries, the COP29 United Nations climate change conference finally concluded, more than 30 hours past …

COP29: UK and China can set a powerful example for global climate cooperation
1 month ago

COP29: UK and China can set a powerful example for global climate cooperation

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-24 21:11 A view during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Amidst rising political tensions, strong bilateral cooperation between the UK and China can provide the international leadership needed to accelerate progress on climate change this decade. Following this meeting, and to support both multilateral …

After ‘paltry’ funding offers, day of chaos, fury at COP29
1 month ago

After ‘paltry’ funding offers, day of chaos, fury at COP29

Hindustan Times  

Negotiators returned to the table late on Saturday in a last-ditch effort to salvage the COP29 climate talks, hours after dramatic walkouts by developing nations and heated protests threatened to derail the conference entirely. The draft also controversially “encourages” developing country contributions through South-South cooperation while affirming that voluntary contributions won’t affect any party’s development status - language that many …

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku
1 month ago

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. The COP29 United Nations climate change negotiations stumbled toward Friday's deadline, with a draft target of climate finance to developing nations falling far short of expectations. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov …

COP29: Nations commit to 1.5°C pathway with enhanced climate goals
1 month ago

COP29: Nations commit to 1.5°C pathway with enhanced climate goals

India Today  

In a landmark announcement at the COP29 summit in Baku, a coalition of nations representing 30% of global GDP and 15% of greenhouse gas emissions committed to strengthening their Nationally Determined Contributions to align with the 1.5°C global warming threshold. The United Kingdom, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates led the charge with ambitious NDC targets for 2035, signaling their …

COP29: Draft G20 communique skips referring to transition away from fossil fuels
1 month ago

COP29: Draft G20 communique skips referring to transition away from fossil fuels

Hindustan Times  

Baku: The G20 leaders, whose nations represent 80% of global emissions, drew flak from observers at COP29 in Baku on Tuesday as their communique, a draft of which was circulating on Tuesday morning, failed to raise the climate ambition. It does mention the need for scaling up public and private climate finance and investment for developing countries and a successful …

Collective action on climate finance urged
1 month ago

Collective action on climate finance urged

China Daily  

By YANG HAN in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-19 09:51 COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC Simon Stiell and Nabeel Munir, Chair of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Body for Implementation, attend a press conference during the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 18, 2024. Asia needs collective and sustainable action to meet …

Collective action on climate finance urged
1 month ago

Collective action on climate finance urged

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC Simon Stiell and Nabeel Munir, Chair of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Body for Implementation, attend a press conference during the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 18, 2024. Asia needs collective and sustainable action to meet its green finance needs, experts have said, as negotiations at the COP29 UN …

Collective action on climate finance urged
1 month ago

Collective action on climate finance urged

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC Simon Stiell and Nabeel Munir, Chair of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Body for Implementation, attend a press conference during the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 18, 2024. Asia needs collective and sustainable action to meet its green finance needs, experts have said, as negotiations at the COP29 UN …

Can COP29 deliver the big bucks needed to fight climate change?
1 month, 1 week ago

Can COP29 deliver the big bucks needed to fight climate change?

India Today  

On the shores of the Caspian Sea, Baku is welcoming leaders, climate activists, civil society members, and negotiators from over 200 countries with heightened anticipation around setting more ambitious climate finance targets through the proposed New Collective Quantified Goal. The agenda aims to revitalise global climate finance commitments, yet concerns loom over the pace and scale of progress. Across the …

Countries at COP29 urged to invest trillions to cope with climate change
1 month, 1 week ago

Countries at COP29 urged to invest trillions to cope with climate change

Al Jazeera  

Countries need to invest more than $6 trillion per year by 2030 to tackle the effects of climate change or risk having to pay more in the future, according to report by an independent panel of experts at a United Nations climate summit. “Investments in all areas of climate action must increase across all economies,” said the report published on …

High-level report calls for $1 trillion boost in climate finance at COP29
1 month, 1 week ago

High-level report calls for $1 trillion boost in climate finance at COP29

India Today  

As the COP29 climate summit continues in Baku, a new report highlights an urgent call for climate finance to meet critical global targets. Published by an independent high-level expert group, the report recommends mobilising $1 trillion annually for developing countries by 2030, a move that would help address climate challenges under the Paris Agreement. The group aims to support policy …

Why are countries fighting over climate finance at COP29?
1 month, 1 week ago

Why are countries fighting over climate finance at COP29?

The Hindu  

The main task for nearly 200 countries at the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit is to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of dollars in financing for climate projects worldwide. Wealthy countries pledged in 2009 to contribute $100 billion a year to help developing nations cope with the costs of a transition to clean energy and adapting to the …

An update on the COP29 Climate Change Conference
1 month, 1 week ago

An update on the COP29 Climate Change Conference

NPR  

An update on the COP29 Climate Change Conference The U.K., Brazil and China are stepping up as climate leaders as the incoming Trump administration picks heads for key agencies who may increase U.S. climate pollution. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: With the new Trump administration coming in, there's not as much expectation for the U.S. setting a big climate goal, but at …

Act on climate at home despite global ennui
1 month, 1 week ago

Act on climate at home despite global ennui

New Indian Express  

The longest shadow cast on the COP29 climate conference going on in Baku is the re-election of Donald Trump. The president-elect has already picked Vivek Ramaswamy, who has criticised big companies for basing business strategy around climate change concerns, to co-head a new department of government efficiency. That is the main agenda at COP29—to push for a new global climate …

COP29 Begins With Climate Finance, Absent Leaders, and Trump Looming Large
54 years, 11 months ago

COP29 Begins With Climate Finance, Absent Leaders, and Trump Looming Large

Wired  

$1 trillion a year in climate finance—that’s the goal. At these conferences, held every 12 months, everyone has a microphone—small islands with 10,000 inhabitants sit next to the giant countries of the world as they try to make decisions on how to curb climate change and its impacts. In Baku, the first city in the world to commercially exploit oil, …

COP29: Climate talks off to rocky start, but carbon mkts mechanism approved
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1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: Climate talks off to rocky start, but carbon mkts mechanism approved

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The COP29 climate negotiations opened in Baku on Monday with proceedings stalled for hours over disagreements on key matters on the agenda, but countries later approved new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step towards allowing countries to trade credits to meet climate targets. By trying to ram through loose standards for dangerous carbon crediting …

Five things to look for at the Cop29 climate summit
1 month, 1 week ago

Five things to look for at the Cop29 climate summit

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The United Nations’ Cop29 climate summit kicks off in Azerbaijan’s capital city on Monday. Department …

United Nations climate negotiations through the years to COP29: Timeline
1 month, 1 week ago

United Nations climate negotiations through the years to COP29: Timeline

The Hindu  

COP29, termed the “climate finance COP,” has one major objective: establishing a concrete financial commitment from developed countries to support climate action in developing nations. As the United Nations climate talks begin in Baku, the primary debate centers on who will provide funding and, more crucially, how much is needed. However, discussions are likely to be tense following the re-election …

Cop29: Activists look to Britain for climate leadership as Trump’s win casts long shadow over crucial UN talks
1 month, 1 week ago

Cop29: Activists look to Britain for climate leadership as Trump’s win casts long shadow over crucial UN talks

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Every year the climate summit produces a treaty agreed by all countries, and this year’s will focus on the …

COP29 begins today: What is the point of the UN climate conference?
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

COP29 begins today: What is the point of the UN climate conference?

India Today  

Tens of thousands of people from around the globe will gather next week for COP29, the annual U.N. climate summit, in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku. Country representatives meet year round to build support for new climate action proposals ahead of the COP, where they can be agreed by consensus of all countries. While each summit is meant to advance global …

Cop29 is post-Brexit Britain’s chance to lead on climate action
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cop29 is post-Brexit Britain’s chance to lead on climate action

The Independent  

It can be argued that the auguries for this year’s international climate change conference already looked dark, even before Donald Trump’s election victory last week. But it makes for particular difficulties when the country concerned is the richest in the world, and the hoped-for agreement is about not just good intentions but money – specifically, the transfer of as much …

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion

CNN  

CNN — Last month, two major storms, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, caused a total of between $51.5 billion and $81.5 billion of property damage, mostly to Southeastern US states, according to estimates from CoreLogic. The report from the International Chamber of Commerce, which comes as the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Azerbaijan this week, estimated that the …

South Africa Calls for New Collective Climate Finance Goal at COP29
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

South Africa Calls for New Collective Climate Finance Goal at COP29

China Daily  

South Africa is seeking a new, additional, predictable, accessible, and adequate (QGA) goal on climate finance at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP29). The goal should support developing countries' transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient development, while ensuring that developed countries provide adequate funding and technical assistance to support developing countries' efforts.

South Africa Calls for Ambitious Climate Finance Goal at COP29
1 month, 2 weeks ago

South Africa Calls for Ambitious Climate Finance Goal at COP29

China Daily  

South Africa seeks a new, additional, predictable, accessible, and adequate (QGA) goal on climate finance at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The goal should support developing countries' transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient development, while ensuring that developed countries provide adequate funding and technical assistance to support developing nations' climate efforts.

Upcoming COP29 set to prioritize climate finance goal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Upcoming COP29 set to prioritize climate finance goal

China Daily  

Azerbaijan, the host of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, more commonly known as COP29, has vowed to make every effort to ensure a fair and ambitious climate finance goal for developed nations. The 2015 Paris Agreement aims to keep the global temperature rise this century well below …

Upcoming COP29 set to prioritize climate finance goal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Upcoming COP29 set to prioritize climate finance goal

China Daily  

Azerbaijan, the host of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, more commonly known as COP29, has vowed to make every effort to ensure a fair and ambitious climate finance goal for developed nations. The 2015 Paris Agreement aims to keep the global temperature rise this century well below …

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing
1 year ago

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing

The Hindu  

Shortly after the opening ceremony of the 2023 United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, delegates of nations around the world rose in a standing ovation to celebrate a long-awaited agreement to launch a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries recover from climate-related disasters. A brief history of loss and damage “Breakthrough” was the term often used to describe …

Why Cop28 barely scratches the surface on the cost of climate change
1 year ago

Why Cop28 barely scratches the surface on the cost of climate change

The Independent  

When panic-buying hit the UK in March 2020, it was a rare moment: a curious knock-on effect of the emerging Covid pandemic. The rains now are crazy; It is very different to how it was when I was a child.” Robertson is at the Cop28 climate conference in Dubai in his role as lead negotiator for “Loss and Damage” – …

At COP28, much talk but incremental gains
1 year ago

At COP28, much talk but incremental gains

Hindustan Times  

As the climate crisis talks underway in Dubai under the 28th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC enter the second week of negotiations, all eyes are set on the ministers who have arrived to make national statements. Usually, the climate crisis negotiations do not make much headway in the first week as this period is spent mostly on developing options …

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end
1 year ago

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end

Firstpost  

The draft text expresses concern over the gap between the money needed for adaptation and how much countries are getting, but it doesn’t say exactly how much money is needed for the world to adapt to climate change Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options and agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming as …

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it’s key to saving lives, experts say
1 year ago

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it’s key to saving lives, experts say

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here. “The problem is the fact that adaptation is actually the second long long-term goal of the Paris agreement,” said South …

At COP28, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense to save a planet in peril
1 year ago

At COP28, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense to save a planet in peril

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Teams of veteran negotiators fanned out Friday at the United Nations climate conference with orders to get the strongest, most ambitious agreements possible, especially on the central issue of the fading future of fossil fuels for a dangerously warming planet. COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber said he was “quite positive, hopeful and optimistic” that the summit …

What's happening at COP28 climate summit on Monday
1 year ago

What's happening at COP28 climate summit on Monday

India Today  

As the world's leaders have departed from the bustling conference halls of Expo City Dubai, the focus of COP28 shifts to a critical aspect of climate action: finance. Monday marks the finance day at the U.N. climate summit, a day anticipated to bring forth more nuanced discussions and potential funding announcements dedicated to combating climate change. In the initial days …

COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?
1 year ago

COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?

The Hindu  

Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a “loss and damage” fund to compensate poor states for the effects of climate change. Met with a standing ovation in Dubai, the agreement means wealthy states and major polluters will put millions of dollars towards a fund that will in turn distribute funds to poor …

At COP28, a new pathway for climate action
1 year ago

At COP28, a new pathway for climate action

Hindustan Times  

There was no shortage of rhetorical fireworks as a diverse group of over 100 delegates from 61 countries met in Abu Dhabi on a pleasant Diwali morning on November 12 to press the Global South's demands on climate change. The Abu Dhabi conference focused on four key themes around climate action that have resonated during the course of the year …

King and Sunak to attend Cop28 as leaders assess bids to tackle climate change
1 year ago

King and Sunak to attend Cop28 as leaders assess bids to tackle climate change

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rishi Sunak will push for an “era of action” at the Cop28 climate conference as he highlights the UK’s …

5 reasons why COP28, the U.N. climate conference, is worth your attention
1 year ago

5 reasons why COP28, the U.N. climate conference, is worth your attention

LA Times  

People walk through the venue at the COP28 U.N. These are plans by individual countries to reduce their use of oil, gas and coal, which produce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, and lay out how they plan to adapt to impacts of extreme weather events. The Paris agreement established a defining goal that has guided climate discussions ever …

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead
1 year, 1 month ago

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead

The Hindu  

The fifth meeting of a 24-member U.N. committee tasked with designing the fund concluded in Abu Dhabi over the weekend, with support for a “take-it-or-leave-it” deal that would make the World Bank the interim home of the fund and encourage - but not oblige - all countries to contribute to it. It would aim to divert billions of dollars towards …

COP28 conference looks set for conflict after tense negotiations on climate damage fund
1 year, 1 month ago

COP28 conference looks set for conflict after tense negotiations on climate damage fund

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Tense negotiations at the final meeting on a climate-related loss and damages fund — an international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet — ended Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily host the fund for the next four years. The United States and several developing countries …

Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany
1 year, 2 months ago

Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany

Associated Press  

VIENNA — Developed countries pledged $9.3 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change at a conference held in the German city of Bonn on Thursday, authorities said. A U.S. administration official later said that Washington is “steadfastly committed to President Biden’s pledge to increase U.S. climate finance to help developing countries tackle the urgent threat of climate change but …

The New Delhi Declaration and Paris Agenda show a way forth
1 year, 3 months ago

The New Delhi Declaration and Paris Agenda show a way forth

Live Mint  

At the end of June, a historic summit on international solidarity concluded the Paris Agenda for People and the Planet. Two, facing different needs, countries may need to pursue diverse transition paths while coming together to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Fortunately, we have already achieved the target of $100 billion worth of special drawing rights …

G20 Summit 2023: PM Rishi Sunak announces $2 billion aid to tackle climate change
1 year, 3 months ago

G20 Summit 2023: PM Rishi Sunak announces $2 billion aid to tackle climate change

Firstpost  

The United Kingdom’s financial commitment, spanning from 2024 to 2027, reflects a 12.7 per cent increase compared to its contribution from 2020 to 2023, the UK government said. UK Prime Minister will provide $2bn to the Green Climate Fund – the biggest single funding commitment the country has made to help the world in tackling climate change. We're delivering on …

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