The Latest Breaking News from COP29

With $1tn a year needed, we analyse how best to fill the gap, from wealth taxes to levies on flying and oil extraction

Delegates from nearly 200 countries join as negotiators seek increase in $100bn-a-year target for developing nations.

This emergency will cost trillions of dollars, and is beyond the reach of developing nations. Private investors have to step up, says Cop29 president Mukhtar Babayev

The ‘theme’ chosen for Cop29 must be some kind of dark joke. This summit, like those before it, is a mere act of greenwashing, says climate crisis campaigner Greta Thunberg

In today’s newsletter: As delegates gather for the world’s biggest climate conference, many are asking what the re-election of the man who thinks global heating is ‘a hoax’ will mean for the planet

Governments are gathering in Azerbaijan on Monday for talks on the climate that will test wealthy nations' commitment to funding poorer ones bearing the brunt of global warming. But concerns over Baku's human rights record and deep ties to fossil fuels have cast a heavy shadow over the UN’s crucial…

Draft decision on article 6 approved with no objections

Here are some of the phrases that are likely to crop up over the coming days in Baku

The COP29 climate talks open Monday in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments.

The meeting kicks off against a backdrop of deadly weather events, extreme conditions and record temperatures in recent months.

Cop29 is set to focus on finance, but will be overshadowed by the outcome of the US election.