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Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change. UN says take your time to do it right

Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations’ climate chief calls “among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century."

The Independent UK

Almost All Nations Miss UN Deadline For New Climate Targets

Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change.

International Business Times

‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears

Developing countries urge biggest polluters to act as Trump’s return to the White House heightens geopolitical turmoil

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Fighting Global Warming In Nations' Self-interest: UN Climate Chief

The UN's climate chief, seeking to shore up solidarity on combating global warming as the United States retreats from its leadership role, appealed to nations' self-interest in a speech Thursday.

International Business Times

Developing nations blast $300 billion Cop29 climate deal as insufficient

Countries at the Cop29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on Sunday to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal its intended recipients criticised as woefully insufficient.

Radio France Internationale

From a US$300 billion climate finance deal to global carbon trading, here’s what was – and wasn’t – achieved at the COP29 climate talks

The petroleum-laden dust has settled on this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP29, held over the past fortnight in Baku, Azerbaijan. Climate scientists, leaders, lobbyists and delegates are heading for home.

The Conversation

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.

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Cop29 talks buoyed by G20 support but fears stoked over fossil fuels backsliding

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies confirmed their support to shift more cash to developing countries to help them cope with climate change.

The Independent UK

Cop29 delegates told to ‘cut the theatrics’ and tackle climate crisis

UN climate chief addresses climate summit with no agreement in sight on how to help developing countries

The Guardian - UK

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

Climate talks in Azerbaijan head into their second week, coinciding with G20 in Rio

United Nations talks on getting money to curb and adapt to climate change resume Monday with fresh hope that negotiators and ministers can work through disagreements and hammer out a deal after slow progress last week

The Independent UK

As talks in Baku cross the halfway point, nations are no closer to a goal on cash for climate action

Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially on the main issue of money

The Independent UK

UN Climate Chief Urges G20 To Spur Tense COP29 Negotiations

The UN's climate chief urged G20 leaders on Saturday to push COP29 talks towards a deal to raise money for developing nations as diplomats struggled to find common ground in marathon negotiations.

International Business Times

This year has been masterclass in human destruction, UN chief tells Cop29

António Guterres says global heating is super-charging disasters while climate official warns of ‘inflation on steroids’

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International Business Times

World Leaders Meet For Climate Talks, But Big Names Missing

Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt.

The Independent UK

Climate talks open with calls for a path away from the 'road to ruin.' But the real focus is money

In Baku, Azerbaijan the two-week United Nations climate negotiations, called COP29, got right to the major focus of striking a new deal on how many hundreds of billions — or even trillions — of dollars a year will flow from rich nations to poor to try to curb and adapt…

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COP29 opens in Azerbaijan for talks centred on climate funding

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

The Guardian - UK

Who’s who at Cop29? The world leaders and others who will attend

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

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Carbon Cuts 'Miles Short' Of 2030 Goal: UN

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling "miles short" of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.

The Independent UK

Current national climate plans ‘fall miles short’ of averting worst impacts – UN

Current national action plans would see global emissions in 2030 at a level only 2.6% lower than in 2019, the UNFCCC has warned.

The Conversation

China: still the world’s biggest emitter, but also an emerging force in climate diplomacy

Seven years seems a lifetime in politics. In 2017, President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. It prompted Canada, China and the European Union to convene an urgent meeting to reaffirm political commitment to global climate action.

International Business Times

Climate Talks Host Urges Rich Nations To Break Stalemate

The host of this year's UN climate summit on Wednesday urged governments to start compromising to break a deadlock over how to help poorer countries tackle global warming.

The Independent UK

UN climate talks leader says financial help for poor nations is urgent goal of negotiations

The head of upcoming climate negotiations is telling world leaders that a new financial aid package for poor and disaster-struck nations is the urgent and make-or-break goal of United Nations talks this fall

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Beryl hits Jamaica after leaving ‘Armageddon-like’ trail in Grenada

Jamaican PM says worst is yet to come as category 4 storm hits southern coast after causing at least seven deaths in region

The Guardian - UK

Climate activists bemoan scant progress on finance as Cop29 looms

UN says finding funds to tackle climate crisis is ‘a steep mountain to climb’, as talks end with little agreement

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