Climate finance’s ‘new era’ shows new political realities
Baku, Azerbaijan – Rich countries’ promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance brought fury at talks in Baku from poor nations that found it too paltry, but it …
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Nations have agreed to $300B for climate funding. How will they pay for it? – National
The trillion-dollar question these days is where the huge sums of money needed to address climate change are going to come from, especially for developing countries. Getting governments to put …
Developing nations blast $300 billion COP29 climate deal as insufficient
Baku, Azerbaijan – Countries at the COP29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on Sunday to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate …
UN climate talks agree on $300B global funding package for poor nations – National
United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity’s fight against climate change, aimed at helping poor nations cope with the ravages of …
COP29 ends with deal on climate finance after bitter fight
Nearly 200 countries agreed on Sunday to more than triple the amount of money available to help developing countries confront rapidly warming temperatures. But the deal reached at the close …
At a climate conference in oil country, progress remains elusive
Over the past two weeks, the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan has served as a temporary Thunderdome for the United Nations’ COP29 climate conference. Some 20,000 delegates from nearly 200 …
COP29 climate summit overruns as $250 billion draft deal stalls
BAKU – The COP29 climate summit ran into overtime on Friday, after a draft deal that proposed developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion in annual climate finance …
Climate crisis could increase HIV infections and AIDS related deaths, UN warns
New Delhi: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have warned that the climate crisis could lead to an increase in HIV infections …
COP29: Countries are pledging money they don’t control
Over the next two weeks, nearly 200 countries participating in United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan will negotiate a new, possibly multi-trillion-dollar annual finance goal to help the world’s poorest …
‘A masterclass in climate destruction’: UN chief urges action at COP29 – National
The head of the United Nations is urging faster action by world leaders after 2024 saw what he called a “masterclass in climate destruction,” adding limiting global warming was still …