TOKYO -- China can drive global climate negotiations as the U.S. backtracks from its engagements, said the chief negotiator for Azerbaijan, which hosted the most recent COP29 talks, citing Beijing's ...

Following the successful hosting of COP29 in Baku in November 2024, Azerbaijan has emerged as a pivotal player in shaping the ...

Greenhouse gas methane is behind a third of planetary heating and is relatively easy to slash. The tools to cut methane exist but so does a gap between pledges on methane reduction and action, says a ...

A finance deal reached at the COP29 summit to help poorer countries tackle climate change has been bitterly criticised, climate activists are calling for more action Days of negotiations in ...

That impasse made this year’s conference, COP29, one of the most difficult U.N. negotiations since the 2015 Paris Agreement, when the world finally set a numerical target for limiting global ...

Video. As the world prepares for COP30 in Brazil, we speak to COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev about climate finance, ...

Editor’s note: Grist is hosting a free virtual event on January 9, 2025, at 2 pm EST / 11 am PST to analyze the progress and challenges seen at the U.N. climate conference known as COP29.

People pose for a photo with the Baku Olympic Stadium in the background at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Notably, both ...

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BAKU, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Marathon COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch on Wednesday when the Azerbaijani hosts are due to publish an update on negotiations so far as the summit seeks to ...

"Parties must remember that the clock is ticking," COP29 Lead Negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev told a news conference. The previous annual finance goal of $100 billion expires this year. But wealthy ...

Google has signed an agreement with Chile to build an undersea fiber optic cable connecting South America with Asia and ...