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Delegates from nearly 200 countries join as negotiators seek increase in $100bn-a-year target for developing nations.

The former chief of staff had been offered the role as envoy to the nations and regions

UN’s top climate official warns ‘no country is immune’ from climate disaster as conference begins in Azerbaijan

The ‘theme’ chosen for Cop29 must be some kind of dark joke. This summit, like those before it, is a mere act of greenwashing, says climate crisis campaigner Greta Thunberg

Governments are gathering in Azerbaijan on Monday for talks on the climate that will test wealthy nations' commitment to funding poorer ones bearing the brunt of global warming. But concerns over Baku's human rights record and deep ties to fossil fuels have cast a heavy shadow over the UN’s crucial…

Draft decision on article 6 approved with no objections

Here are some of the phrases that are likely to crop up over the coming days in Baku

The COP29 climate talks open Monday in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments.

Another year and another climate conference is upon us, this one in Azerbaijan. It will start off on a positive note for India which recently hit the 200 GW mark in its non-fossil fuels installed capacity, or how much power it can produce from energy sources such as solar and wind. But…

Cop29 in Azerbaijan is set to focus on finance, but will be overshadowed by the outcome of the US election

The next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, is about to get underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. These annual meetings are the key international summits as the world attempts to address the unfolding climate crisis.