What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit? | Reuters
22 hours ago · [1/4] Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania, speaks during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, ... Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s ...
COP29 Live Updates: Global leaders address climate summit
12 hours ago · FILE PHOTO: A #COP29 sign during the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan November 11, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov. Leaders of nearly 30 countries, many from small ...
‘Pay up or humanity will pay the price’, Guterres warns at COP29 ...
1 day ago · UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take immediate steps to cut emissions, safeguard people from climate chaos, and “tear down the walls to climate finance” in response to the “masterclass in climate destruction” that the world has witnessed in ...
COP29 Agrees International Carbon Market Standards - UNFCCC
1 day ago · COP29 Agrees International Carbon Market Standards. The following is a transcript of remarks made at a press conference on Day 2 of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan on 12 November 2024. Remarks are listed in order that they were made: Yalchin Rafiyev, COP29 Lead Negotiator, Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive ...
COP29 | UN News
3 days ago · This year’s UN climate conference, COP29, will bring together leaders from government, business, and civil society seeking tangible solutions to the defining issue of our time, as global temperatures reach record highs and people worldwide are impacted by extreme weather events. A key focus of COP29 will be on finance, as trillions of dollars are required for countries to drastically reduce ...
COP29 Updates - UNFCCC
2 days ago · COP29 agrees international carbon market standards. Speaking at a press conference at COP29 today, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell shared news on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. "Last night, Parties agreed strong standards for a centralized carbon market under the UN," said Stiell. "There’s more work to do, but this is a ...
Pay up or face climate-led disaster for humanity, UN chief warns COP29 …
1 day ago · At a press conference on Tuesday, COP29 officials sought to refocus attention on the summit's primary goal - agreeing a deal for up to $1 trillion in annual climate finance for developing countries.
UN Climate Change Conference Baku - November 2024 - UNFCCC
1 day ago · Addressing world leaders at COP29, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell pulled no punches, saying the climate crisis is fast becoming an economy-killer. "Worsening climate impacts will put inflation on steroids unless every country can …
COP29: Guterres urges countries to ‘get serious’ on loss ... - UN News
1 day ago · Mr. Guterres made the appeal in remarks to a high-level dialogue on loss and damage funding during the COP29 UN climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. “In an era of climate extremes, loss and damage finance is a must,” he said. “ I urge governments to deliver. In the name of justice.”.
Climate talks open with calls for a path away ... - Associated Press News
2 days ago · In order to try to start the 12 days of talks, called COP29, with a win, Monday’s session seemed to find a resolution to a nagging financial issue about trading carbon pollution rights — one that has eluded negotiators for years. It could free up to $250 billion in spending a year to help poor nations, said new COP29 president, Mukhtar Babayev.