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As the prime minister confirms tough new emissions targets at Cop29 in Baku, the president-elect appoints an environment boss who wants to strip away regulations

PM says ‘we are not going to start dictating to people what they do’ in bid to reach tough target

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

The ‘theme’ chosen for Cop29 must be some kind of dark joke. This summit, like those before it, is a mere act of greenwashing, says climate crisis campaigner Greta Thunberg

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…

The COP29 climate talks open Monday in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments.

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.

Australia's climate change minister is urging his counterparts to adopt ambitious emissions targets as world leaders discuss the future for a warming globe.

While 2024 is likely the hottest on record, progress at the annual climate conference is up in the air