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Facts-COP29 climate talks enter final stretch: What happens next?
BAKU - Marathon COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch on Wednesday when the Azerbaijani hosts are due to publish an update on...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Geopolitics overshadow COP29 talks on climate cash, as Argentina walks away
BAKU - Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's most...
Nov 17, 20244 min read
COP29 leaders speak as summit formally opens
BAKU - The annual U.N. climate summit kicked off Monday with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of...
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Explainer-What is the point of a UN climate COP?
BAKU - Tens of thousands of people from around the globe will gather next week for COP29, the annual U.N. climate summit, in Azerbaijan's...
Nov 9, 20243 min read
Explainer-COP29: What is a carbon credit? What is Article 6?
BAKU - Countries at the U.N. COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan will attempt to agree rules for a global system for trading carbon offset...
Nov 9, 20246 min read
Developing world faces multi-billion climate adaptation cash gap, U.N. report says
LONDON - The amount of finance provided to developing countries to help them adapt to the impacts of climate change is far short of the...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Trump win worries international partners ahead of COP29 climate summit
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election has darkened the outlook for a strong deal at the COP29 climate...
Nov 8, 20243 min read
2024 will be world's hottest year on record, EU scientists say
BRUSSELS - This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Deadlock over climate finance is undermining Paris agreement, Singapore minister says
SINGAPORE - Efforts by the United States and others to persuade more countries to contribute to a new global climate financing initiative...
Nov 6, 20242 min read
River level at Amazon rainforest port hits 122-year low amid drought
MANAUS, Brazil - The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought...
Oct 5, 20242 min read
Death toll in worst Bosnian floods in years rises to 16, officials say
DONJA JABLANICA, Bosnia - At least 16 people died in floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday and many others were missing as...
Oct 5, 20243 min read
Fishing waste chokes marine wildlife, threatens human health in Argentina's Patagonia
VALDES PENINSULA, Argentina - Mountains of plastic waste from the fishing industry have covered the coast along the Valdes Peninsula in...
Oct 4, 20242 min read
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