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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 speaks on day two of the Cop29 climate summit (Carl Court/PA)
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Cop29 finance deal ‘a death sentence’ and ‘woefully inadequate’, activists say

COP29's $300bn climate deal is slammed as 'woefully inadequate' and a 'death sentence for millions.'

Canada Climate Change Ambassador Catherine Stewart speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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How public funds are being used to lure private dollars in race for climate financing

Blended finance could help bridge the climate funding gap by attracting private sector investment.

An image of Ireland's Climate Minister, Eamon Ryan, giving a speech.
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Irish climate minister says COP29 deal ‘far from perfect but can be built on’

Ireland's Eamon Ryan, the former Green Party leader, called the deal a hopeful step toward financial fairness for nations most in need.

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Breakthrough in Baku delivers $1.3tn “Baku Finance Goal”

24 November 2024 • The Baku Finance Goal sets new global target to channel $1.3tn of climate finance to developing countries by 2035...

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COP29 Finance Deal a Downpayment for a Safer, More Equitable Future

November 23 2024 BAKU (November 24, 2024) -- The COP29 climate negotiations in Baku concluded with delegates agreeing to a new climate finance goal...

Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Here’s what to know about the new funding deal that countries agreed to at UN climate talks

At COP29, rich countries agreed on a climate deal of $300 billion annually by 2035 — here's how they got there.

Activists shout slogans during a protest action at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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COP29 agrees on deal to kick-start global carbon credit trading

Countries agreed on a deal at the COP29 climate conference on Saturday on rules for a global market to buy and sell carbon...

A view of an image announcing Brazil as elected host country for COP 30, at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
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COP29 climate summit in overtime, what are countries saying?

"The eyes of the world are rather focused on us." — Azerbaijan's COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev

Leaders and delegates arrive for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29).
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COP29: Failure haunts UN environment conferences

Negotiators at COP29 in Baku struggle for a deal, continuing a history of failed or contentious climate summits.

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