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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.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at a financial roundtable meeting, engaging with other participants.
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UK says £58bn climate finance tool to launch on London Stock Exchange

A $75B scheme to fund clean energy projects in poorer countries will launch on the London Stock Exchange.

Climate activists project a message onto the Embassy of Azerbaijan ahead of COP29 climate talks, in London, Britain, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe/File Photo
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At COP29, development lenders set $120 billion climate finance goal for poorer countries

Global banks pledge $120B yearly climate aid by 2030, targeting low-income nations, boosting private sector investment.

A view of the COP29 Opening Ceremony in Baku, Azerbaijan, featuring large, brightly lit screens in a dark room.
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COP29: UK’s Starmer sets out new 2035 climate goal

The UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035.

FILE PHOTO: 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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Explainer: How methane emissions threaten climate goals

Rising methane emissions threaten climate goals; scientists call for urgent cuts to reduce this potent greenhouse gas's impact.

Children perform at the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan November 12, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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COP29: Host nation Azerbaijan hits out at West in defence of oil and gas industry

At COP29, UN's Guterres urged world leaders to boost climate finance, warning, “Pay up, or humanity will pay the price.”

FILE PHOTO: A view shows solar panels at the floating solar power plant built on Cirata dam in West Java province, Indonesia, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
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Indonesia to build 75 GW of renewable energy in the next 15 years, COP29 envoy says

Indonesia aims to offer global investors 75 GW of renewable energy projects over 15 years, a key commitment by new President Prabowo Subianto,...

Donald Trump is expected to pull his country out of the Paris climate agreement again (Steven Senne/AP)
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Starmer ‘very clear’ on climate change but avoids responding to Trump doubts

The UK will on Tuesday set out a new target to reduce fossil fuel emissions but will not make any new financial commitments...

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Trane Technologies Champions Decarbonization, Sustainable Cooling and Climate Policies at COP29

SWORDS, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, will underscore the critical need for decarbonizing the built environment and transport sectors, advocating...

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