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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.

A pumpjack operates in the foreground as wind turbines at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rise in the distance, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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South Africa concerned Trump election will impact climate talks

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China passes energy law to ‘promote carbon neutrality’

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Taiwan, excluded from climate summit, sets up ‘war room’ to watch talks

Taiwan can not attend COP29 for political reasons — but its leaders will be watching from afar.

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China sends vice premier to COP29 climate summit in Baku

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FILE PHOTO: A worker walks along a fence near the Baku Olympic Stadium, the venue of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan October 18, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov//File Photo
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UN climate negotiations through the years to COP29

Here are some of the most significant moments in the history of climate talks.

Cop29 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week (Sergei Grits/AP)
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Scottish net zero secretary hopes to use COP29 summit to drive ‘greater action’ on climate change

Holyrood was recently forced to pass legislation to remove the unachievable target of reducing emissions by 75% by 2030 from climate change laws.

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Condor to Present Its Energy Transition Initiatives at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

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