Spotlight: COP29
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan November 11 to 22. This is the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), commonly known as COP29. Mukhtar Babayev will preside over COP29; Samir Nuriyev heads the Organising Committee.
Al Gore says ‘absurd’ to hold UN climate talks in petrostates
US vice president Al Gore told AFP Friday it was "absurd" for petrostates such as Azerbaijan to host UN climate talks, saying the...
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.
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.
Rescinding US EV tax credit would cede ground to China, Granholm says
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit on EVs.
South Africa’s revised carbon tax to be harsher but with more offsets, Treasury says
South Africa is one of the world's top 15 greenhouse gas emitters and the only country in Africa with a carbon tax.
UN climate summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, leading experts say
The experts said countries that do not support the phase out of fossil fuels in energy systems should not host summits.
Resumen: Clarity AI se une al Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) y refuerza su papel en la configuración de la inversión sostenible a través de datos y experiencia
LONDRES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clarity AI, la empresa líder internacional en tecnología sostenible, ha anunciado hoy durante la COP29 que se ha convertido en miembro asociado...
Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says
"A flood situation in South Sudan or Somalia creates more catastrophe than it would in any other developing country."
Oil execs work COP29 as NGOs slam lobbyist presence
Oil executives descended on the COP29 talks in Baku for "energy day" on Friday.
