The Latest Breaking News from COP

James was speaking at the launch of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Refugees For Climate Action group.

Host Azerbaijan tried to bring down the diplomatic temperature in Baku on Thursday after a French minister cancelled her trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina withdrew its delegation.

French Environment Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher will stay away from the Cop29 global climate change conference in Baku after "unacceptable" attacks by Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev.

As world leaders met at Cop29, UN-appointed experts said countries must ramp up climate finance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Study says funding to cope with climate breakdown needed five years earlier than expected

Africa continues to grapple with plastic pollution, a waste crisis, and limited investment, activists report, as discussions unfold at the UN climate meetings in Azerbaijan. To shed light on these overlapping challenges, RFI interviewed campaigners and negotiators from across the continent.

Global leaders offered competing views on how to tackle climate change at UN-led talks Wednesday as a new report warned the world must reach carbon neutrality much sooner than planned.

Cop29 climate change summit taking place against a backdrop of fears incoming US president will damage efforts to tackle global warming

The Prime Minister is in Azerbaijan for the Cop29 summit.

Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of action

Thousands of diplomats, scientists and leaders arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan to negotiate the thorniest topic of climate negotiations: money