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FILE PHOTO: An activist holds a balloon in the form of the globe during a protest action at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 21, 2024.
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Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges

Among the biggest factors clouding the negotiations at COP29 was the return of climate skeptic Donald Trump as president of the U.S.

FILE PHOTO: COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev speaks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 24, 2024.
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Business seeks details in face of mixed COP29 climate messages

If nations deliver clear climate policies next year, COP29 finance and carbon market deals could unlock billions in the business world.

Gas tanks are pictured at Austria's largest natural gas import and distribution station in Baumgarten May 2, 2014.  REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo
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Austria’s half-century bond with Gazprom ended by gas seizure, sources say

OMV's seizure of Russian gas to settle an arbitration award ended over 50 years of Gazprom gas flows to Austria.

People look at the flooding of the Choluteca river in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on November 17, 2024 (AFP)
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Analysis: Climate finance’s ‘new era’ shows new political realities

Next year, Germany, Canada and Australia all hold elections in which conservatives less supportive of green policies stand chances of victory.

Observers said COP29 in Baku made virtually no progress on tackling the source of global warming (AFP)
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Concern as climate talks stalls on fossil fuels pledge

Countries clashed at COP29 over how to build on a landmark pledge at last year's climate talks to "transition away" from fossil fuels.   

Plastic waste litters the shoreline in Indonesia (Owen Humphreys/PA)
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Countries urged to be ambitious in final push for UN plastic pollution treaty

UN talks in Busan, South Korea, aim for a bold global treaty on plastic pollution, but some nations push for weaker production curbs.

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.'

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

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