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Azerbaijan Airlines flight was 'downed by Russian air defence system'

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed on Christmas Day, raising speculation of a Russian missile strike

Evening Standard

Why did an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan? What we know

Azerbaijan launches criminal case after least 38 people are killed when passenger plane crashes near Aktau, Kazakhstan.

Al Jazeera

Azerbaijani Jet Crashes In Kazakhstan, Killing 38

The Embraer 190 aircraft that was supposed to fly northwest from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the city of Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia, but instead flew across the Caspian Sea and went down near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.

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Officials report 29 survivors and 38 killed as plane crashes in Kazakhstan

Aircraft carrying 62 passengers and five crew was en route from Baku to Grozny in Chechnya

The Guardian - UK

String of UK peers accepted free trips to authoritarian Azerbaijan

Human rights groups say endorsements by members of the House of Lords hosting events and acting as election observers risk legitimising regime

The Guardian - UK

Cop29 gave us a Putin-friendly deal – and a glimpse of the dark future of climate talks

The Baku Cop29 talks were marked by division and self-interest, with rancorous meddling right until the end, says Fiona Harvey, a Guardian environment editor

The Guardian - UK

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Climate Change Authority head Matt Kean says ‘put more solar panels on commercial rooftops’

The just-ended COP-29 in Baku, and the election of Donald Trump, have put the global response to climate change in the spotlight. Meanwhile back home, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen this week reported Australia is on track to meet its 2030 target to reduce emissions as part of the Paris…

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UN climate talks face a credibility crisis as countries disengage

In Baku, Azerbaijan, the so-called “finance-Cop” was a disappointment. Now, the UN’s framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) is facing a credibility crisis.

The Conversation

Miliband warns of ‘extreme’ climate change impacts in UK while defending Cop29

The Energy Secretary said reducing UK carbon emissions is ‘absolutely in our national interest’.

The Independent UK

China’s influence grows at COP29 climate talks as US leadership fades

The 2024 U.N. climate talks ended in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 24 after two weeks of arguments, agreements and side deals involving 106 heads of states and over 50,000 business leaders, activists and government representatives of almost every country.

The Conversation

COP29 is over, but climate action needs private funding too – here are 4 key ways to make that happen

The United Nations COP29 climate conference has come to a contentious end, with rich countries pledging to mobilise $300 billion annually by 2035 to help poorer countries fight climate change – triple the current funding levels, but far short of what the developing world had hoped for. Delegates from 190…

The Conversation

Backroom deals and betrayal: how Cop29’s late $300bn deal left nobody happy

While an agreement on climate finance was eventually reached, many poorer countries were outraged

The Guardian - UK

Cop29 climate finance deal: why poor countries are so angry

After a fortnight of bitter struggle, nearly 200 countries agreed a new goal to raise money to tackle the climate crisis at Cop29, the 29th annual UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The Conversation

Cop29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan

Billed as the “finance Cop”, the 29th UN climate change summit (otherwise known as Cop29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, was expected to provide the money to enable the transition away from fossil fuels announced at last year’s Cop28.

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Evening Standard

Cop29 key moments: from $300 billion deal to controversial 'oil and gas are a gift from God' statement

One common goal among negotiators in Baku was preventing a second Donald Trump presidency from undermining years of careful climate discussions

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Where Cop29 failed – and the limited reasons for hope

In today’s newsletter: The view from Azerbaijan is of disappointingly low direct finance guarantees to the developing world, although it is ‘less bad than nothing’

The Conversation

After nearly 10 years of debate, COP29’s carbon trading deal is seriously flawed

Negotiators at the COP29 climate conference in Baku have struck a landmark agreement on rules governing the global trade of carbon credits, bringing to a close almost a decade of debate over the controversial scheme.

The Guardian - AU

As Cop29 wraps up and the climate crisis gathers pace, Australia’s dash for gas is confounding

Nearly all observers believe Chris Bowen is strongly committed to action. Most agree that can’t be said for his party

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Cop29: poor-world discontent over a failure of rich countries to deliver

Editorial: A rushed final text in Baku strains trust between nations, as inadequate climate finance commitments leave vulnerable countries calling for justice

The Guardian - UK

The silver lining at a disappointing Cop29? It showed climate progress can survive Trump 2.0

Away from the brutal main negotiations, there were important strides forward. The science can – and must – rise above politics, says environment writer Geoffrey Lean

Al Jazeera

‘Optical illusion’: Key takeaways from COP29 at Baku

Climate finance deal criticised at COP29 as inadequate, lacking real money and clear grants for developing countries.

Radio France Internationale

Developing nations blast $300 billion Cop29 climate deal as insufficient

Countries at the Cop29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on Sunday to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal its intended recipients criticised as woefully insufficient.

The Guardian - UK

Yes, there is a lot of greenwashing, but Cop summits are our best chance of averting climate breakdown

Despite its imperfections the process of tackling the climate crisis will not be derailed, even in the face of US backtracking

Evening Standard

Ed Miliband says Cop29 deal agreed at ’11th hour for the climate’

Climate groups called the agreement, designed to help developing nations, a ‘catastrophe’

The Conversation

From a US$300 billion climate finance deal to global carbon trading, here’s what was – and wasn’t – achieved at the COP29 climate talks

The petroleum-laden dust has settled on this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP29, held over the past fortnight in Baku, Azerbaijan. Climate scientists, leaders, lobbyists and delegates are heading for home.

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