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A general view of Titan Cement's Alexandria Portland Cement Company factory, behind balcony houses in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt.
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How big fossil-fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad

Fossil fuel exports were a hot topic at COP29 in Baku, with calls for accountability for pollution sent to poorer nations.

Cars drive at the territory of the COP29 United Nations climate change conference venue, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 22, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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COP29 climate summit overruns as $250 billion draft deal stalls

COP29 climate talks extend past deadline as nations clash over a $250B annual funding plan, with developing countries demanding more.

COP29, Baku, November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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UN climate chief asks G20 leaders for boost as finance talks lag

The U.N. urges G20 leaders to back global climate finance at Rio, aiming to boost progress for COP29 talks.

A flare burns off excess gas from a gas plant in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo
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Countries, companies lag in response to tackle methane emissions, UN says

Many countries signed a global pledge three years ago to cut methane emissions by 30% from 2020 levels by 2030. 

Global environmental activists protest against the gas industry during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
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Analysis: COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering

COP29 in Baku faces stalled climate finance talks as global tensions, host conflicts, and Trump’s reelection shadow progress.

General view of the new floating LNG gas terminal.
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Biden officials ask EU to align methane rules with US to ease LNG flows, letter says

Biden asks EU to accept U.S. LNG meeting U.S. methane rules as meeting EU standards.

Blurred individuals walk past a board at the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Development bank financing pledge gives COP29 summit early boost

Lenders, including the World Bank, aim to increase climate financing to poor and middle-income countries by 60% from 2023.

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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Trump win worries international partners ahead of COP29 climate summit

President Donald Trump won a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 6. U.S. election.

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference with a backdrop of the cityscape in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?

COP29 in Baku aims to set new climate finance goals, address fossil fuel cuts, and define carbon market rules amid global tensions.

People attend a demonstration to urge politicians to act against climate change in Marseille, France, as the COP24 is held in Poland, December 8, 2018.   REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
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World will miss Paris climate target as nitrous oxide rises, report says

Cutting nitrous oxide is crucial for the Paris goal of 1.5°C, per a major report urging action to curb emissions from fertilizers.

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