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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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Azerbaijan aims to launch green investment rule book at COP29

At COP29, Azerbaijan will launch a unified green finance taxonomy backed by 100+ nations, streamlining sustainable investments.

Despite a historic pledge made at the COP28 climate summit, countries are still planning to expand fossil fuel production (AFP)
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‘Waiting in vain’: year on from pledge, world clings to fossil fuels

One year after COP28's fossil fuel pledge, nations push oil and gas expansions, drawing criticism ahead of COP29 climate talks.

Nations meeting at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan in November are supposed to agree how much money should go to poorer countries to help them combat global warming (AFP)
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COP29 draft climate pact leaves open thorny question of money

UN draft narrows COP29 climate finance options for poorer nations but leaves unresolved how much rich countries will pay.

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows a charred area following a wildfire, in the village of Rapentosa, Greece, August 13, 2024. REUTERS/Fedja Grulovic/File Photo
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Climate change finance could land at ‘hundreds of billions’, COP29 leaders say

COP29 leaders say a consensus decision on funding will likely reach 'hundreds of billions' — not trillions.

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Pre-COP29 talks make progress on fair and ambitious climate finance deal

BAKU, 14 October 2024 – The Azerbaijan COP29 Presidency has concluded a week of intensive climate diplomacy in Baku to bridge divides and deliver...

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COP29 Azerbaijan Operating Company Holds Briefing as Part of Pre-COP

October 12 2024 On October 10th-11th, Baku hosted Pre-COP, organised by the COP29 Presidency and attended by government and non-government stakeholders. On the...

The COP29 climate summit will take place from 11 to 22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (AFP)
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Little progress at key meet ahead of COP29 climate summit

Key pre-COP29 meeting ends with little progress on funding a new climate finance deal, as rich countries fail to commit to amounts.

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Climate Finance Negotiations “Enter Final Stage”

COP29 Presidency convenes Ministerial meeting on sidelines of UN General Assembly marking a significant escalation of political engagement to break through negotiating deadlock...

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COP Presidencies Launch “Rio Trio”

September 27 2024 Incoming COP Presidencies meet on sidelines of UN General Assembly to drive global collaboration between climate change, biological diversity and...

Protesters cross the Brooklyn Bridge during a Youth Climate Strike march to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight for climate

Climate Week NYC and the UN General Assembly means climate negotiators and world leaders in Manhattan could set new agenda for the energy...

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