The Latest Breaking News from COP29

‘Countries should not be blamed for bringing these resources to the market, because the market needs them’ - Ilham Aliyev

President Aliyev accuses West of hypocrisy for criticising country’s fossil-fuel dependence while buying its oil & gas.

The Prime Minister has announced the UK’s target for cutting greenhouse gases at the Cop29 talks in Azerbaijan.

Sir Keir Starmer appeared to dodge questions over President-elect Donald Trump’s climate fears at the Cop29 summit.

Article 6 first made an appearance at the Paris climate talks in 2015

African nations are pushing for a dramatic increase in climate financing at the UN's Cop29 summit that opened in Azerbaijan on Monday – calling for $1.3 trillion (€1.22 trillion) annually to help the continent transition to renewable energy, adapt to climate impacts and address damage from climate-related disasters.

Azerbaijan's human rights violations and crackdown on dissenting voices raise concerns at COP29.

PM says ‘we are not going to start dictating to people what they do’ in bid to reach tough target

"The Paris Agreement has survived one Trump presidency and it will survive another."

Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt.

The Prime Minister is in Azerbaijan for the Cop29 summit.