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World Leaders Meet For Climate Talks, But Big Names Missing

Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt.

International Business Times

Climate talks open with calls for a path away from the 'road to ruin.' But the real focus is money

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…

The Independent UK

COP29 opens in Azerbaijan for talks centred on climate funding

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

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Who’s who at Cop29? The world leaders and others who will attend

Crucial question for summit will be how to help developing countries cope with extreme weather caused by high temperatures

The Guardian - UK

Carbon Cuts 'Miles Short' Of 2030 Goal: UN

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling "miles short" of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.

International Business Times

Current national climate plans ‘fall miles short’ of averting worst impacts – UN

Current national action plans would see global emissions in 2030 at a level only 2.6% lower than in 2019, the UNFCCC has warned.

The Independent UK

China: still the world’s biggest emitter, but also an emerging force in climate diplomacy

Seven years seems a lifetime in politics. In 2017, President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. It prompted Canada, China and the European Union to convene an urgent meeting to reaffirm political commitment to global climate action.

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Climate Talks Host Urges Rich Nations To Break Stalemate

The host of this year's UN climate summit on Wednesday urged governments to start compromising to break a deadlock over how to help poorer countries tackle global warming.

International Business Times

UN climate talks leader says financial help for poor nations is urgent goal of negotiations

The head of upcoming climate negotiations is telling world leaders that a new financial aid package for poor and disaster-struck nations is the urgent and make-or-break goal of United Nations talks this fall

The Independent UK

Hurricane Beryl hits Jamaica after leaving ‘Armageddon-like’ trail in Grenada

Jamaican PM says worst is yet to come as category 4 storm hits southern coast after causing at least seven deaths in region

The Guardian - US

Climate activists bemoan scant progress on finance as Cop29 looms

UN says finding funds to tackle climate crisis is ‘a steep mountain to climb’, as talks end with little agreement

The Guardian - UK

Climate finance and debt relief loom large at World Bank, IMF meetings

The urgent issues of climate financing and global inequality will underpin this week’s spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund – coming amid growing calls for a shake-up of those institutions to avoid a climate-driven “economic catastrophe”.

Radio France Internationale

Over 1 in 10 Latinos in U.S. have had to relocate due to environmental pollution

A new Gallup poll showed the demographics' level of concern about pollution in the country. Latinos were less concerned than Blacks but more than Whites

Latin Times

UN Urges Immediate Global Action To Combat Climate Crisis

Urgent global call for immediate climate action and finance reforms to combat escalating crisis.

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Latin Times

UN Climate Agency Chief Warns Humanity it has Two Years Left to "Save the World"

The statement comes after March was reported as the 10th month in a row to set a global heat record

The Guardian - UK

World Bank must take ‘quantum leap’ to tackle climate crisis, UN expert says

Simon Stiell calls for reform at development banks to enable governments to provide more climate finance to developing world

The Guardian - UK

Stop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’

UN climate chief says ‘torrents, not trickles’ of public and private finance needed to meet global challenge

The Hindu

Nandini Azad highlights the need to focus on women farmers

Nandini Azad highlights need to focus on smallholder agriculturists, particularly women, in climate action at UNFCCC COP 28.

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The Guardian - UK

‘The future is renewable’: How a huge gamble sealed Cop28 deal

The signs were pointing to a lukewarm Cop. Instead it turned out to be full of surprises – but is the final deal on fossil fuels just a ruse?

The Guardian - UK

Cop28 landmark deal agreed to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels

Summit president hails ‘historic package to accelerate climate action’ but critics decry ‘litany of loopholes’ in final text

Latin Times

'Not A Minute To Lose': Clock Ticks On Fossil Fuel Deal At Climate Summit

Simon Stiell urged countries to preserve the "highest ambition" to check warming at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

France 24

COP28 draft deal calls for 'reducing' – rather than 'phasing out' – fossil fuel production

A new draft climate agreement proposed Monday by the Emirati presidency of UN COP28 talks called for reducing the production and consumption of fossil fuels but it no longer mentioned a "phase-out".

The Independent UK

Negotiators, activists and officials ramp up the urgency as climate talks enter final days

Delegates at the United Nations climate talks were poring over the latest language on how the world plans to cap planet-warming emissions and keep the worst of warming at bay early Monday as a new draft of a key text in negotiations was released in the early hours

The Guardian - UK

‘This may be our last chance’: Cop28 talks enter final phase

‘We cannot negotiate with nature’ says Denmark’s climate minister as talks to phase out fossil fuels hang in balance

France 24

UN slams COP28 'posturing' as negotiators spar over ending fossil fuels

Countries at the COP28 climate talks need to stop posturing, aim high and agree on a way to end the "fossil fuel era as we know it", UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday, as tension over the future of coal, oil and gas came to the fore.

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