Panelists Take On Climate Finance and Politics at Newsweek's COP29 Event
At Newsweek's "Pillars of the Green Transition" event at COP29, panelists talked climate finance and the coming shift in U.S. policy in a second Trump term.
Challenges with global climate financing overshadow COP29
COP29 is focused on getting the money needed to tackle climate change on the table, but disagreements over who pays loom large.
COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
This year's U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight.
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If you break it, fix it: Africa’s case for climate finance at COP29
For Africa, $1.3 trillion in annual climate finance by 2030 is not just about numbers; it’s about ensuring the survival and thriving of its people and ecosystems.
Exclusive-Fragile Countries Make $20 Billion Climate Finance Push at COP29, Letter Says
A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and security crises facing their populations, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
Exclusive: Fragile countries make $20 bln climate finance push at COP29, letter says
A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and security crises facing their populations, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
Climate finance: who is being asked to pay what at COP29?
"You owe us!" screamed a protest banner at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, where negotiations over how much rich nations most responsible for climate change should pay poorer ones are
The World Is Looking for a Financial Model to Solve Climate Change. It Doesn’t Have to Look Too Far.
Delegates at COP29 see the private sector as key to finding $2.4 trillion worth of green finance, in a framework that has ...
Geopolitics overshadow COP29 talks on climate cash, as Argentina walks away
By Kate Abnett, Olesya Astakhova and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) -Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on ...
Cop29 live: oil bosses given red carpet treatment at climate summit
At least 123 oil and gas bosses and staff invited as ‘guests’ by Azerbaijani government and given host country badges, the ...
Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?
This week, nations are hashing out new goals for climate finance at the COP29 talks. Loss and damage is finally on the agenda ...
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India Advocates for Equity and Climate Finance Accountability at CoP29 in Baku
As CoP29 progresses India remains steadfast in its commitment to advocating for a fair, transparent, and inclusive approach ...
At UN climate talks, some see wars complicating negotiators' task
One activist who was driven from her home in Sudan by civil war 18 months ago says countries like hers don't have the ...
Cop29 live: call for summits only to be held in countries that support climate action
UK Greens say climate measures ‘being derailed by the fossil fuel lobby’ and that Trump’s victory underlines the need to ...
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Justice Shrivastava's Call at COP29: Enhancing Judicial Role in Environmental Safeguards
Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal, addressed a panel during COP29 in Azerbaijan. He emphasized the judiciary's role in implementing environmental laws, urging ...