COP29 | UN News
4 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: Energy transition must not trigger a ‘stampede of ... - UN News
1 day ago · Climate talks at COP29 in Baku on Wednesday turned to the pressing issue of how to manage the demand for minerals essential to producing electric vehicles and solar panels without triggering a “stampede of greed” that exploits local communities and crushes the poor. “We are here to respond to a key challenge: turning the energy transition ...
COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ... - UN News
3 days ago · Hottest decade ever recorded. As COP29 opened, the UN weather agency, WMO, released its State of the Climate 2024 Update and issued a Red Alert on the rapid progression of climate change within a single generation, driven by rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The years 2015-2024 will mark the hottest decade on record, with an accelerating loss of glacial ice, rising sea ...
COP29 Agrees International Carbon Market Standards - UNFCCC
2 days 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 ...
UN Climate Change Conference Baku - November 2024 - UNFCCC
2 days ago · Unlocking the vast benefits of bold climate action: NDC events at COP29. A recent report from UN Climate Change shows that current national climate plans (NDCs) are still dangerously off-track to avert the crippling effects of climate …
COP29 Updates - UNFCCC
2 days ago · COP29 Updates. Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin formally submitted the country's new climate action plan (NDC 3.0) at COP29 this afternoon. UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell welcomed the submission of Brazil's new NDC. "With this new national plan, Brazil is out in front on delivering climate action, as the country ...
Pay up or face climate-led disaster for humanity, UN chief warns COP29 …
2 days ago · Many world leaders absent from the summit. BAKU, Nov 12 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to "pay up" to prevent ...
COP29 Azerbaijan updates: 'The world must pay up', UN's …
2 days ago · Opening remarks will be heard by Azerbaijan President Ilham Alyev and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres. U.S. climate envoy John Podesta on Monday urged governments to keep faith in the ...
At UN climate talks, nations big and small get ... - Associated Press News
2 days ago · Updated 3:42 AM PST, November 13, 2024. BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — More than two dozen world leaders are delivering remarks at the United Nations’ annual climate conference Wednesday, with many hard-hit nations detailing their nations’ firsthand experience with the catastrophic weather that has come with climate change.
COP29: Investing in a livable planet for all | United Nations
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024, is a pivotal opportunity to...