The Latest Breaking News from Developing Countries

As world leaders met at Cop29, UN-appointed experts said countries must ramp up climate finance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

The percentage of adults suffering from diabetes across the world has doubled over the past three decades, the biggest rises coming in developing countries, a study said Wednesday.

The new capital market mechanism is designed to raise money to help build clean energy projects in developing countries.

UN’s top climate official warns ‘no country is immune’ from climate disaster as conference begins in Azerbaijan

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

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.

Crucial question for summit will be how to help developing countries cope with extreme weather caused by high temperatures

International mega banks, funded by taxpayer dollars, are the biggest, fastest-growing source of climate finance for the developing world

Every autumn, the UN holds its international climate summit or “Cop” (Conference of the Parties). Between each Cop, a smaller, lower-profile gathering takes place. Called the SB – short for “subsidary bodies” of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – these smaller meetings matter but don’t draw as…

A SCOTTISH charity dedicated to ensuring children have access to safe surgeries in developing countries has teamed up with NASA to develop new…