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Focus on COP29 Presidency

FILE PHOTO: An activist holds a balloon in the form of the globe during a protest action at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 21, 2024.
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Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges

Among the biggest factors clouding the negotiations at COP29 was the return of climate skeptic Donald Trump as president of the U.S.

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Breakthrough in Baku delivers $1.3tn “Baku Finance Goal”

24 November 2024 • The Baku Finance Goal sets new global target to channel $1.3tn of climate finance to developing countries by 2035...

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COP29 Finance Deal a Downpayment for a Safer, More Equitable Future

November 23 2024 BAKU (November 24, 2024) -- The COP29 climate negotiations in Baku concluded with delegates agreeing to a new climate finance goal...

Activists shout slogans during a protest action at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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COP29 agrees on deal to kick-start global carbon credit trading

Countries agreed on a deal at the COP29 climate conference on Saturday on rules for a global market to buy and sell carbon...

A view of an image announcing Brazil as elected host country for COP 30, at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
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COP29 climate summit in overtime, what are countries saying?

"The eyes of the world are rather focused on us." — Azerbaijan's COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev

A screen displays Chandni Raina of India as she speaks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 24, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Rich countries raise COP29 climate finance offer to $300B as developing nations fume

Wealthy nations at COP29 agree to raise their climate funding offer to $300 billion annually by 2035 for developing countries.

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Statement from the COP29 Presidency

Throughout the year, the COP29 Presidency has been pushing for a fair and ambitious new climate finance goal, taking into account the needs...

The Energy Secretary said the green transition was right both ‘ethically’ and ‘economically’ (Rebecca Speare-Cole/PA)
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UK wants Cop29 deal that ‘accelerates clean energy transition’, says Miliband

The UK has been pushing hard for a deal that includes reference to last year’s pledge to “transition away from fossil fuels in...

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