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Fossil fuel bosses get ‘red carpet’ at Cop29 despite concerns over influence

Revealed: more than 100 executives given special guest badges as activists challenge role of oil and gas firms at talks

The Guardian - UK

Cop29 bingo: a beginner’s guide to climate acronyms

This is the one time of year where the eyes of the world are all on climate change. When it makes the news every single night, and everyone hopes that, miraculously, almost 200 countries will somehow put aside insurmountable differences to come together and solve this crisis in a tidy…

The Conversation

Move towards renewable energy is unstoppable, says Ed Miliband

Exclusive: UK energy secretary says at Cop29 that people see the economic advantages of making the transition

The Guardian - UK

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UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts

Former senior UN officials say climate talks ‘simply cannot deliver the change’ at the pace we need in open letter

The Independent UK

Gore Says 'Absurd' To Hold UN Climate Talks In Petrostates

US vice president Al Gore told AFP Friday it was "absurd" for petrostates such as Azerbaijan to host UN climate talks, saying the selection process should be overhauled.

International Business Times

Africans push food systems and climate justice at Cop29

This week's Spotlight on Africa dives into Cop29’s critical discussions on climate change – focusing on food systems, green energy funding and who should pay for climate disasters. With talks underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, negotiators and experts are grappling with solutions to the growing crisis.

Radio France Internationale

China faces crucial decisions on climate policy during second Trump term

After rare accord with Biden White House on climate, China may now be more wary of adopting robust policy measures

The Guardian - UK

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UN Climate Talks Process Under Scrutiny At COP29

COP29 in Baku addresses UN climate negotiations reform, challenges with fossil fuel influence, and major greenhouse gas emitters in cities like Shanghai.

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Top polluting cities revealed as activists fume at COP29 fossil fuel lobby

Oil giants commit $500m for sustainable energy, but campaigners say lobbyists have seized control of climate talks.

Al Jazeera

UN climate summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, leading experts say

Countries that do not support fossil energy phase out should not host future summits, scientists, advocates and policy experts said.

Evening Standard

Five ways that climate change threatens human health

As the UN’s climate summit, Cop29, gets underway in Azerbaijan this week, the effect of climate change on human health is high on the agenda. And rightly so, amid some alarming emerging statistics. By the end of this century, climate change could be the cause of more than 3 million…

The Conversation

Oil Execs Work COP29 As NGOs Slam Lobbyist Presence

Oil executives descended on the COP29 talks in Baku for "energy day" on Friday as environmental groups denounced the presence of fossil fuel industry lobbyists at the UN climate talks.

International Business Times

Cop29: oil bosses given red carpet treatment at climate summit – as it happened

At least 123 oil and gas bosses and staff invited as ‘guests’ by Azerbaijani government and given host country badges, the Guardian has learned

The Guardian - UK

Activists at COP29 spend weeks planning demos. But they can feel stifled by rules and restrictions

In the nosebleed seats of a nearly-empty Baku Olympic stadium coated with a layer of dust, activists used a giant banner to beam the words “Pay Up” to the world

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Here’s what we’ll be telling COP29 about how climate change is harming young people’s mental health

As government representatives gather at the COP29 international climate summit in Azerbaijan, the impact of climate change on young people’s mental health needs to be an urgent priority.

The Conversation

Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?

Since the Industrial Revolution, country after country has turned to fossil fuels to power their transport and industry.

The Guardian - UK

Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report

Fossil fuel-linked lobbyists outnumber delegations of almost every country at climate talks in Baku, analysis finds

The Guardian - UK

Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts

Future UN conferences should only be held in countries that show support for climate action, urge influential group

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The Independent UK

Energy projects in developing countries to receive £79m in UK climate finance

The money comes under the UK’s existing pledge to spend £11.6 billion in climate finance over five years up to 2026.

The Conversation

Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful

Keir Starmer’s pledge to cut the UK’s emissions by 81% by 2035 is undoubtedly ambitious. However, his assertion at the Cop29 climate conference that it can be achieved without “telling people how to live their lives” is probably not true – at least, not according to what scientists who study…

Al Jazeera

Countries at COP29 urged to invest trillions to cope with climate change

Report urges $6.5 trillion annual investment in climate action by 2030 to meet targets and avoid future costs.

International Business Times

COP29 Host Tries To Calm Waters After Diplomatic Turmoil

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.

The Independent UK

Argentina’s Javier Milei withdraws delegation from UN climate talks in Baku

Right-wing president ordered delegation to leave Cop29 just hours after he spoke with with Donald Trump

Radio France Internationale

French minister shuns Cop29 over Azeri comments on New Caledonia, colonialism

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.

Evening Standard

Rich nations must double climate finance from taxpayers’ money by 2030 – experts

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

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