COP29 Climate Summit: Guterres urged faster progress, as CO2 …
23 hours ago · This year's COP29 summit is focused on raising hundreds of billions of dollars to fund a global transition to cleaner energy sources and limit the climate damage caused by carbon emissions by the ...
What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit? | Reuters
1 day ago · This shared sense of humanity should inspire us to work towards tangible, transformative outcomes over the coming days, ensuring that COP29 concludes with meaningful progress. "These appeals have ...
COP29 - UN News
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‘Pay up or humanity will pay the price’, Guterres warns at COP29 ...
2 days 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 ...
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 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 ...
COP29 Updates - UNFCCC
1 day ago · 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. ... At COP29, the secretariat is organizing more than 20 side events and special events with ...
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 ...
Daily Update COP29 - Tuesday 12 November
Update. 12 November 2024. The World Leaders Climate Action Summit opened this Tuesday at COP29. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed heads of state and government, as well as leaders of delegations participating in the Summit, while the WMO delegation took the floor ...
Climate talks open with calls for a path away ... - Associated Press News
3 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.