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The UN climate summit kicks off in Baku as activists such as Greta Thunberg label the event a ‘greenwash conference’.

ASK ME ANYTHING: Our climate correspondent Stuti Mishra is on hand to answer your questions as the UN’s 29th annual climate summit in Baku brings together world leaders, activists, and experts to address urgent climate challenges

The Paris climate agreement's goals "are in great peril" and 2024 is on track to break new temperature records, the United Nations warned Monday as COP29 talks opened in Baku.

In Baku, Azerbaijan the two-week United Nations climate negotiations, called COP29, got right to the major focus of striking a new deal on how many hundreds of billions — or even trillions — of dollars a year will flow from rich nations to poor to try to curb and adapt…

Delegates from nearly 200 countries join as negotiators seek increase in $100bn-a-year target for developing nations.

Governments are gathering in Azerbaijan on Monday for talks on the climate that will test wealthy nations' commitment to funding poorer ones bearing the brunt of global warming. But concerns over Baku's human rights record and deep ties to fossil fuels have cast a heavy shadow over the UN’s crucial…

Here are some of the phrases that are likely to crop up over the coming days in Baku

The next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, is about to get underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. These annual meetings are the key international summits as the world attempts to address the unfolding climate crisis.

Once heavily scorned because of fraud and poor outcomes, carbon trading is likely to be high on the agenda in Baku

COP29: New controversies threaten to derail one of the most important climate summits in recent history. Stuti Mishra reports from Baku, Azerbaijan

Record carbon emissions, melting ice sheets and the return of the former US president will all be under the spotlight at this week’s climate summit