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Are All These U.N. Climate Talks Doing Any Good?
The current talks “simply cannot deliver the change at exponential speed and scale, which is essential to ensure a safe climate landing for humanity,” a number of influential figures, including former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, wrote in a letter to the United Nations as the Baku summit was underway.
Here’s what to know about the new funding deal that countries agreed to at UN climate talks
In the wee hours Sunday at the United Nations climate talks, countries from around the world reached an agreement on how rich countries can cough up the funds to support poor countries in the face of climate change.
COP29 negotiators agree on funding deal for poor nations facing climate crises
United Nations climate negotiators agreed on a funding formula to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change early Sunday in Azerbaijan after two weeks of intense negotiations.
Nations at UN climate talks agree on $300B a year for poor countries in a compromise deal
It’s not near the full amount of $1.3 trillion that developing countries were asking for, but it’s three times a deal of $100 billion a year from 2009 that is expiring.
Compromise deal reached at COP29 climate talks for $300 billion a year to poor nations
United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity's fight against climate change, aimed at helping developing nations cope with the ravages of global warming in tense negotiations.
UN climate negotiations end on shaky geopolitical ground, but I see reasons for hope
National leaders may be struggling to agree, but businesses see the economic benefits of clean energy, states are cutting ...
UN climate negotiations were a major bummer
Maybe it was the host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan this month calling oil and gas a “gift of God.” Or the US, the ...
Climate action only reduces demand for fossil fuels. Why are we ignoring supply?
Fossil fuels are key to climate change, but they are largely absent from COP agreements. The biggest achievement came in 2023 ...
The Immense Disappointment and Promise of the COP29 Climate Summit
No one left this year’s United Nations climate conference happy, but the talks were still an important marker.
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UN talks in disarray as a draft deal for climate cash is rejected by developing nations
negotiators from rich and poor nations were huddled in one room Saturday during overtime United Nations climate talks ...
COP29 is over, but climate action needs private funding too – here are 4 key ways to make that happen
The climate fight needs huge sums, and private investment, carbon markets and development banks can provide them.
Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here’s how it fuels climate change
The United Nations estimates that up to 10% of all human-produced greenhouse gases are generated by food loss and waste. That ...
The world’s new climate era is better — and worse — for the planet
Now, in a year expected to be the hottest on record, the aspiration of that era appears dead. Instead, the world has entered ...
The UN climate summit ended in bitterness and accusations of betrayal. Now fears are growing for its future
Amid geopolitical upheaval, including the election of a climate denier in the US, the future of the three-decade long COP ...