Are All These U.N. Climate Talks Doing Any Good?
The current talks “simply cannot deliver the change at exponential speed and scale, which is essential to ensure a safe ...
Compromise deal reached at COP29 climate talks for $300 billion a year to poor nations
United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity's fight against climate ...
UN climate negotiations end on shaky geopolitical ground, but I see reasons for hope
In 2023, the U.N. acknowledged that the countries’ current commitments for addressing climate change, known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, would still result in a catastrophic 2.5 C ...
Why UN climate change summits are ‘fundamentally flawed’
Cop29, the 29th annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, came to an end on Sunday, and in its wake have come doubts about the ...
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As Countries Reel From a Dizzying Climate Summit, All Eyes Turn to Plastic Negotiations
The sun has set on the 29th United Nations climate summit (COP29), which brought representatives from nearly 200 nations ...
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UN talks in disarray as a draft deal for climate cash is rejected by developing nations
negotiators from rich and poor nations were huddled in one room Saturday during overtime United Nations climate talks to try ...
A strange new climate era is beginning to take hold
For almost a decade, climate scientists and environmental leaders have coalesced around a rallying cry: “Keep 1.5 alive.” ...
China scientists rush to climate-proof potatoes
In a research facility in the northwest of Beijing, molecular biologist Li Jieping and his team harvest a cluster of seven ...
Climate action only reduces demand for fossil fuels. Why are we ignoring supply?
Fossil fuels are key to climate change, but they are largely absent from COP agreements. The biggest achievement came in 2023 ...
Poor Nations Fail to Extract $1.3 Trillion Annually from Rich Countries at U.N. Climate Change Conference (opinion)
They are instead promised $300 billion, but the Trump administration will not likely pony any international climate finance.
COP29 negotiators agree on funding deal for poor nations facing climate crises
United Nations climate negotiators agreed on a funding formula to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate ...