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Why Vegas’s Monza and Baku similarities aren’t good news for Ferrari and McLaren

Based on previous results on similar circuits, Ferrari and McLaren are the pre-race favourites as Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas, but two key factors could yet trip them up.

Motorsport

Is Cop29 a waste of time? Not if rich countries commit to paying for climate damage in developing world

“An ambitious new climate finance goal” should be the priority of every nation at the latest round of international climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan. That’s according to Simon Stiell, who heads the United Nations process for negotiating an agreement to limit global heating.

The Conversation

Why big oil and gas firms might want the Paris agreement to survive

ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods has urged president-elect Donald Trump to not take the US out of the Paris agreement on climate change. “We need a global system for managing emissions”, he said in an interview at the annual UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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UK takes key role at UN climate talks as pressure mounts to reach finance deal

The Cop29 presidency of Azerbaijan asked both the UK and Brazil to ensure the delivery of ‘a balanced set of negotiated outcomes’ at the Baku summit.

The Independent UK

Cop29: campaigners say talks are ‘reaching point of real emotion’ – as it happened

‘Talks aren’t just about figures on paper, they’re about people’s lives’, says Climate Action International as talks reach critical final days

The Guardian - UK

Europe's Pivotal Role In Bid To Strike COP29 Climate Deal

The European Union is key to a deal being done at UN climate talks in Baku by Friday -- viewed as a bridge both with China and poorer nations -- after climate sceptic Donald Trump's triumph in the US elections.

International Business Times

US politics has long shaped global climate action and science – how much will Trump’s opposition matter?

US president-elect Donald Trump has indicated that he will again withdraw his country from the Paris agreement and perhaps the UN climate process altogether. The uncertainty this has created was palpable in the negotiation rooms and hallways of the Cop29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, where I wrote this.

The Conversation

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Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial farming attend Cop29 climate summit

Nearly 40% of food sector lobbyists have travelled to Baku as part of countries’ delegations

The Guardian - UK

G20 backs climate finance deal but faces fossil fuel backlash

Activists and a key negotiating group at the stalled COP29 climate talks on Tuesday cautiously welcomed a G20 leaders statement backing a finance deal for poorer countries, but some slammed a missing reference to fossil fuels.

Radio France Internationale

Cop29 live: Slashing methane emissions is ‘our emergency brake’, UN says – as it happened

Cop29 presidency announces new drive to cut methane emissions from waste dumps as G20 reaffirms transition from fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK

Big money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. How can nations raise it?

Big money to respond to climate change is key to the United Nations talks underway in Azerbaijan

The Independent UK

The Moana effect: how small island developing states are bringing their struggle against climate change to the world

Walking through the delegation pavilion at the UN climate summit, Cop29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Moana blue Pacific pavilion grabbed my attention more than any other.

The Conversation

Cop29 president calls on G20 nations to put climate at centre of discussions

Mukhtar Babayev urged governments to ‘work together’ to solve key political issues causing a deadlock at the UN climate talks in Baku.

Evening Standard

UN Climate Talks Focus On Funding For Developing Countries

United Nations climate talks in Baku aim to secure additional climate financing for developing countries and drive global climate action.

Top News

UN Climate Talks Process Under Scrutiny At COP29

COP29 in Baku addresses UN climate negotiations reform, challenges with fossil fuel influence, and major greenhouse gas emitters in cities like Shanghai.

The Independent UK

At UN climate talks, some see wars complicating negotiators' task

At the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, wars are top of mind for some leaders and activists who have converged to discuss ways to limit global warming

International Business Times

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 of fossil fuel industry lobbyists at the UN climate talks.

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