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The Latest Breaking News from COP29

Key takeaways from the Bonn climate conference

Main points from the talks in Germany over who should pay for changes needed to cope with impact of climate breakdown

The Guardian - UK

Azerbaijan accused of media crackdown before hosting Cop29

State reportedly arrested at least 25 journalists and activists in last year as it prepares for September climate summit

The Guardian - UK

COP29 Climate Hosts Say They'll Keep Expanding Fossil Fuels

The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan told AFP on Friday that his country would keep increasing fossil fuel production "in parallel" with investments in cleaner alternatives.

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Cop29 at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance

Fossil-fuel dependent country hopes to provide bridge between wealthy global north and poor south at November gathering

The Guardian - UK

MPs urge Sunak to stop plans to ‘max out’ North Sea oil

Cross party MPs wrote to Rishi Sunak to end the current approach to North Sea oil and gas

The Independent UK

Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader

Exclusive: Mukhtar Babayev says clear accounting crucial to build trust as developing world seeks trillions in support

The Guardian - UK

Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan

Organisers of this year’s environmental conference hope cooperation on green issues could help ease global tensions

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As Cop29 president, I will build bridges between the diverging north and south to keep 1.5C in reach

Re-establishing trust between developed and developing nations is essential if our goals are to be achieved, says Cop29 president Mukhtar Babayev

The Guardian - UK

Gas Booming For UN COP29 Host Azerbaijan

Following the UN's COP28 climate talks in oil-fuelled Dubai, the COP29 conference is headed for the historic cradle of oil, Azerbaijan, which is in the midst of a gas boom.

International Business Times

Stop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’

UN climate chief says ‘torrents, not trickles’ of public and private finance needed to meet global challenge

The Guardian - UK

Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash

Panel was originally composed of 28 men, a move condemned as ‘regressive’ and ‘shocking’

The Guardian - UK

Azerbaijan appoints no women to 28-member Cop29 climate committee

Campaigners condemn decision as regressive, saying ‘climate change affects whole world, not half of it’

The Guardian - UK

Cop29 host Azerbaijan to hike gas output by a third over next decade

Environmentalists condemn news of higher forecast production which is also seen as a conservative forecast

The Guardian - UK

'Pushes us closer to the abyss': Former Azerbaijani oil executive to head COP29

Azerbaijan's ecology minister and former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev was on Friday appointed to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks in a move that has sparked concern among NGOs and environmentalists who voiced similar worries over last year’s COP28 chair Sultan Al Jaber, chief of the United Arab Emirates’…

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Radio France Internationale

Azerbaijan names former oil executive to head Cop29 climate talks

Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, has been named as president-designate of the Cop29 climate conference. He will be the second oil executive in a row to head the global environmental summit after UAE's Sultan Al Jaber in 2023.

The Guardian - UK

Oil industry veteran to lead next round of Cop climate change summit

Mukhtar Babayev is named president-in-waiting of UN climate summit to be held in November

The Guardian - UK

Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 after fraught negotiations

Climate activists likely to be concerned by another fossil fuel-reliant country taking over summit presidency

Reuters

Czech Republic considering bid to host COP29 climate summit

The Czech Republic is considering throwing its hat in the ring to host the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit in 2024, which would put it in contention with a handful of other countries for the massive international conference, its deputy environment minister told Reuters on Monday.

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Bulgaria says willing to host COP29 climate talks

Bulgaria is willing to host global climate talks in two years time, the country's president said on Tuesday.

Newsroom.co.nz

Australia hopes to change climate reputation at COP27

A new government hopes to transform Australia’s reputation into a climate leader at COP27. But there’s a lot of damage to unpick, says Robyn Eckersley in part two of a series on COP27

360info

Australia hopes to change climate reputation at COP27

A new government hopes to transform Australia’s reputation into a climate leader at COP27. But there’s a lot of damage to unpick.

The Guardian - AU

‘It doesn’t make sense’: Pacific leaders say Australia’s support for new coal at odds with Cop29 bid

Former Kiribati and Palau presidents say Australia’s should take a leadership position on climate at a ‘very perilous moment’ for the Pacific

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