The Latest Breaking News from COP29

A bitterly-fought climate finance deal reached at COP29 risks weakening emissions-cutting plans from developing countries, observers say, further raising the stakes for new national commitments due early next year.

Cop29, the 29th annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, came to an end on Sunday, and in its wake have come doubts about the UN process for negotiating a solution to global heating.

Many people long involved in global climate negotiations see the annual United Nations COP climate talks as fundamentally flawed. That includes me.

While an agreement on climate finance was eventually reached, many poorer countries were outraged

After a fortnight of bitter struggle, nearly 200 countries agreed a new goal to raise money to tackle the climate crisis at Cop29, the 29th annual UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Billed as the “finance Cop”, the 29th UN climate change summit (otherwise known as Cop29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, was expected to provide the money to enable the transition away from fossil fuels announced at last year’s Cop28.

UK energy secretary played key role in deal of $300bn for developing countries, branded a ‘betrayal’ by critics

One common goal among negotiators in Baku was preventing a second Donald Trump presidency from undermining years of careful climate discussions

Last week, Azerbaijan hosted the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, also known as COP29. Its main objectives were to agree on a financial framework for climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to present national plans for meeting the terms of the Paris Agreement. This includes limiting global heating to…