The agreement was criticized by developing nations, who called it insufficient, but United Nations climate chief Simon Steill hailed it as an insurance policy for humanity. "It has been a difficult ...

"It is a very difficult moment, there is half of the world just walked out - or a very important proportion. And we need to engage deeply in negotiation. There is dissatisfaction from the (global) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the global energy transition and net-zero emissions. COP29 brought together heads of state and other leaders, ...

Delegates at the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan on Saturday agreed to a deal that would enable a global market facilitating carbon credit trading, resolving ten years of discussions and ...

The 29 th Conference of the Parties (“COP29”) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCC”) is set to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. This is the first in a ...

As delegates from nearly 200 countries gather for a major international summit on addressing the threat of climate change, they're confronting a new era of uncertainty for the United States' climate ...

COP29 in Baku is marred by disagreements over climate financing, sidelining of key issues, and political tensions. The absence of many global leaders and the controversial remarks of Azerbaijani ...

Keeping up with the pre-COP29 news has not been an uplifting experience. So after all the various lowering of expectations and shrugging of shoulders and outright scandals leading up to the world’s ...

Simon Stiell of Grenada, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), speaks at the start of COP29 about the need to scale climate finance. The world’s ...

Negotiators are fighting over three big parts of the issue: How big the numbers are, how much is grants or loans, and who pays. The how big question is the toughest to negotiate and will likely be ...

At around 3 am on Sunday morning, in a drained plenary, the gavel slammed to bring COP29 to a close. Coming at the end of a convulsive final day in Baku, Azerbaijan, the conclusion of the Conference ...

Badged as “The Finance COP”, the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29) has drawn mixed reactions to its climate finance deal. However, the recognition of the role for both the private sector ...