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Focus on Govt of Azerbaijan

This year's UN climate summit is being hosted in Azerbaijan, which has come under scrutiny as an oil and gas producer with questions over its rights record (AFP)
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Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit

Nations at COP29 are deadlocked on a key climate aid pact, divided over who pays and how much.

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Climate Finance Negotiations “Enter Final Stage”

COP29 Presidency convenes Ministerial meeting on sidelines of UN General Assembly marking a significant escalation of political engagement to break through negotiating deadlock...

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COP Presidencies Launch “Rio Trio”

September 27 2024 Incoming COP Presidencies meet on sidelines of UN General Assembly to drive global collaboration between climate change, biological diversity and...

Protesters cross the Brooklyn Bridge during a Youth Climate Strike march to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight for climate

Climate Week NYC and the UN General Assembly means climate negotiators and world leaders in Manhattan could set new agenda for the energy...

FILE PHOTO: Azerbaijani Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev attends the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo
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COP29 host Azerbaijan launches climate fund, seeks fossil-fuel producer support

Azerbaijan, host of COP29, announced a $1 billion climate fund for developing nations, funded by 10 fossil-fuel producers and oil companies, aiming to...

'Time lost is lives, livelihoods and the planet lost,' said Babayev (AFP)
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Climate talks host urges rich nations to break stalemate

The host of this year's UN climate summit has urged governments to start compromising to help poorer countries tackle global warming

FILE PHOTO: An offshore oil rig is seen in the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaijan, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor/File Photo
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Azerbaijan plans climate fund after pushback on fossil-fuel levy: source

Azerbaijan has abandoned its proposal for a fossil-fuel levy at COP29, opting instead to launch a new fund for green investments in poorer...

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows an embankment of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan June 14, 2021.  Picture taken through the window. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
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Azerbaijan, this year’s host of COP29, to upgrade climate target before summit

All countries face a U.N. deadline next year to toughen their national climate targets.

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COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels

The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan says his country will keep increasing fossil fuel production "in parallel" with...

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Azerbaijan hoping to cut emissions with $2 billion green energy investment

Azerbaijan, which is hosting COP29 this year, is hoping to raise the share of renewables across its energy sector to almost a third...

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