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COP29 strikes last ditch deal on funding for climate measures in vulnerable countries | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The COP29 climate talks have reached a last ditch deal on cash for developing countries, pulling the summit back from the brink of collapse after a group of countries stormed out of a negotiating room earlier. The slew of deals finally signed off in the small hours of Sunday morning in Azerbaijan includes one that…
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Climate-vulnerable islands storm out of COP29 negotiation room in row over funding | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Representatives of dozens of climate vulnerable islands and African nations have stormed out of high-stakes negotiations over a climate funding goal. Patience is wearing thin and negotiations have boiled over at the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan, which were due to finish yesterday but are now well into overtime. After two weeks of talks, the…
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COP29: UN climate summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, warn leading figures | Science, Climate & Tech News
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UN climate talks are “no longer fit for purpose” and should only be hosted by countries who are trying to give up fossil fuels, veterans of the process have said. An open letter to the United Nations, signed by former UN chief Ban Ki-moon, made a dramatic intervention in the 29th COP climate summit, under…
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Argentina walks away from COP29 – amid fears Trump may pull US out of Paris climate deal | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Argentinian negotiators have been summoned home from global climate talks in Azerbaijan by the President Javier Milei’s government. The team were ordered to pack up and leave on Wednesday, just three days into the two-week COP29 summit in Azerbaijan. No reason was given, but the Argentinian president – a right-wing populist who has previously dubbed…
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There’s already a risk COP29 will end in failure – and damage of Trump 2.0 could yet spread | Science, Climate & Tech News
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World leaders who came for the start of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Azerbaijan are now heading home. And as the whine of private jet engines fades in the skies above the capital Baku, their teams of negotiators get down to the real work: trying, once again, to keep the global climate…
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COP29: Changes to our lives are certain if Starmer meets bold climate target – but a key ingredient is missing for success | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Keir Starmer’s arrival at COP29, with a promise to drastically cut the UK’s carbon emissions by 81%, will be a small ray of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy start to the climate talks. The election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to drag the world’s largest economy out of the negotiations, was a colossal setback…
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Starmer has ‘no plans’ to meet Taliban at COP29, says Downing Street | Politics News
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Sir Keir Starmer has “no plans” to meet with the Taliban during the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, Downing Street said. The militant group confirmed on Sunday that it will be sending delegates to the UN-led conference for the first time since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, which took place as the US, UK,…
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COP29 host suggests it can’t ditch gas because of EU demand – and plays down the Trump effect | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Azerbaijan has to increase its gas production because of “commitments” to meet EU demand, its key official has implied, as it prepares to open the COP29 climate talks in Baku. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, lead negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev sought to dispel dark clouds gathering over the critical UN talks which begin on…
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COP29: The almighty row over climate cash that’s about to boil over | Science, Climate & Tech News
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China says it’s a developing country, so it doesn’t have to pay into a major new fund to help poor countries cope with climate change. The United States disagrees. This is at the heart of an almighty row about to boil over at the UN COP29 climate talks next week in Azerbaijan. Or is it…