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FILE PHOTO: A countdown display for the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference is set in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov//File Photo
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Explainer: Who are the key voices at the COP29 climate summit in Baku?

Nearly 200 countries meet at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, to negotiate climate action with major blocs and leaders.

FILE PHOTO: Steam is released from a petroleum refinery in Sulphur, Louisiana, U.S., June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo
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Trump prepares withdrawing from Paris climate agreement, NYT reports

Trump's team prepares executive orders to exit Paris accord, shrink national monuments, and lift gas export terminal pause.

FILE PHOTO: Macaws sit on a tree at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Biden’s Amazon visit comes as US climate policy to shift under Trump

Biden will become the first U.S. president to visit the Brazilian Amazon, meeting with leaders to discuss its preservation.

FILE PHOTO: A car is parked at the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, during a media tour ahead of the summit beginning in Baku, Azerbaijan November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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COP29 host Azerbaijan promoted fossil fuel deals ahead of climate summit, NGO says

A secret video reveals Azerbaijan, COP29 host, offering to discuss potential fossil fuel deals ahead of the climate summit.

FILE PHOTO: President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Multilateral development banks are stepping into climate breach: EBRD President

Multilateral development banks are boosting green investments, with the EBRD focusing on climate action amid global trade tensions and U.S. policy uncertainty.

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles drive past the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference posters, in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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COP29 climate agenda clouded by trade tensions ahead of summit

China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue...

New UN rules would give local communities more power to object to carbon credit projects (AFP)
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UN aims to set standards for scandal-hit carbon markets at COP29

Governments could finally approve new UN standards for countries and companies wanting to trade carbon credits.

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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Trump 2.0 will alter global climate fighting efforts. Will others step up?

A second Trump term could further isolate the U.S. from global climate action, risking setbacks as world powers adapt to fill the void.

FILE PHOTO: A municipal worker attempts to unclog a flooded road in Newlands during heavy rains in Cape Town, South Africa, July 9, 2024. REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File Photo
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South Africa concerned Trump election will impact climate talks

Trump's election and the collapse of Germany's coalition government this week have come right before COP29.

China is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, but also a global leader in clean energy (AFP)
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China passes energy law to ‘promote carbon neutrality’

China is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases — but it is also a global leader in clean energy.

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