The aim for COP29 was to flesh out Article 6.2 rules on transparency and accountability, including how countries should authorize carbon credits, so that more countries could participate.

The hosts of the most recent UN climate talks are worried international lenders are retreating from their commitments to help boost funding for developing countries' response to global warming. - ...

COP29 host Azerbaijan "have certainly not been doing their bit", she says, and the final deal was "very disappointing". Another issue has been with the incoming US president-elect Donald Trump ...

Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's most vulnerable, as political tensions overshadowed the talks and ...

Trump's climate policy looms over COP29 03:37. United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity's fight against climate change, aimed at helping ...

Labor has defended sending dozens of public servants to a major climate summit last year at a taxpayer-covered cost of $1.5m.

COP29 will take place in Azerbaijan’s capital city, Baku, between November 11-22. The decision to host the summit in a country whose economy is based on fossil fuels has been criticised by ...

BAKU, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Countries at the U.N. COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan will attempt to agree rules for a global system for trading carbon offset credits. Some governments and companies ...

People pose for a photo with the Baku Olympic Stadium in the background at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) ...

Cop29 secures last-minute $300bn climate finance deal as talks saved from collapse. Dramatic day saw prolonged negotiations, walkouts by vulnerable nations and protests echoing through corridors.

At COP29, Climate ‘Optimism Has Been Dampened’ Brad Plumer is reporting from Azerbaijan, where the annual U.N. climate summit got underway this week. Share full article ...

Editor’s note: Grist is hosting a free virtual event on January 9, 2025, at 2 p.m. EST / 11 a.m. PST to analyze the progress and challenges seen at the U.N. climate conference known as COP29 ...