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.
UN experts call for global system to trace critical minerals
UN experts call for a global system to trace critical minerals, ensuring fairness, human rights, and environmental care.
UN-convened panel releases recommendations for governments and industry to guide the global energy transition
Actionable recommendations and guiding principles aim to advance fairness and justice across critical energy transition mineral value chains on the way to net-zero...
UN-convened panel releases recommendations for governments and industry to guide the global energy transition
Actionable recommendations and guiding principles aim to advance fairness and justice across critical energy transition mineral value chains on the way to net-zero...
US, China still have ‘differences’ on climate finance, envoy says
Podesta says progress has been made on narrowing differences between US and China climate finance policies despite election uncertainty.
US climate envoy Podesta to visit China from Wednesday for talks
John Podesta, the U.S. senior adviser to the president for international climate policy, will visit China to discuss climate change issues.
Countries still far apart on COP29 finance goal
Countries still remain far from agreement on COP29 UN climate funding target to help developing countries cope with climate change
African countries looking to COP29 for higher climate financing share
Negotiators for African nations draw up strategies aimed at increasing funding above 1% of global total for climate projects across the continent.
Investment treaties are stalling energy transition — but this can be fixed
Investment treaties with investor-state dispute settlement provisions shield fossil fuel investments, hindering global energy transition efforts: E3G
