The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

“An ambitious new climate finance goal” should be the priority of every nation at the latest round of international climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan. That’s according to Simon Stiell, who heads the United Nations process for negotiating an agreement to limit global heating.

ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods has urged president-elect Donald Trump to not take the US out of the Paris agreement on climate change. “We need a global system for managing emissions”, he said in an interview at the annual UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Activists at Cop29 said healthy ecosystems served as ‘cost-effective climate solutions that urgently need dedicated funding’.

France's Defender of Rights urges the government to address climate change's impact on children. The organisation outlines several key recommendations in a report released Wednesday to mark United Nations World Children's Day.

Israel’s defense minister says his country insists on the right to act militarily against Hezbollah in any agreement to end the fighting in Lebanon

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Talks over an agreement toi to inject climate finance into developing countries remain fraught as UN asks delegates to ‘cut the theatrics’

Negotiators at the UN climate talks in Azerbaijan are working to overcome a deadlock in negotiations. African representatives are emphasizing that, despite being the least polluting continent, Africa disproportionately suffers from the climate crisis. Some have expressed cautious optimism to RFI about the possibility of a last-minute resolution.

European powers and the United States have submitted a resolution censuring Iran for its poor cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, diplomats told AFP on Wednesday, as Tehran warned of a "proportionate" response if it passes.

US envoy Amos Hochstein was in Lebanon Wednesday, seeking to hammer out a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah, as the militant group battled Israeli troops in the south of the country.