COP29 Climate Summit: Guterres urged faster progress, CO2 …
2 days ago — This year's COP29 summit is focused on raising hundreds of billions of dollars to fund a global transition to cleaner energy sources and limit the climate damage caused by carbon emissions by the ...
COP29 climate talks: Major emitters must right ‘colossal ... - UN News
2 days ago — ‘Demand your justice’ “We must push for implementation of these commitments. Starting here and now,” Mr. Guterres said, as he called for a new climate finance goal to be agreed at COP29 that considers the situation of Small Island Developing States and allows the mobilization of the trillions of dollars of finance that developing countries need – …
‘Pay up or humanity will pay the price’, Guterres warns at COP29 ...
3 days ago — 12 November 2024 Climate and Environment. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take immediate steps to cut emissions, safeguard people from climate chaos, and “tear down the walls to climate finance” in response to the “masterclass in climate ...
COP29: ‘Now is the time to fast-track, not backtrack’ on ... - UN News
1 day ago — Meeting on Thursday with non-governmental entities in Baku for the COP29 climate talks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the crucial role that cities, regions, businesses and financial institutions must play in driving the worldwide effort towards reaching net-zero emissions by mid-century. “We need a massive global effort ...
COP29: UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say experts
The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN climate chief have said. In a ...
COP29 Agrees International Carbon Market Standards - UNFCCC
3 days ago — COP29 Agrees International Carbon Market Standards. The following is a transcript of remarks made at a press conference on Day 2 of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan on 12 November 2024. Remarks are listed in order that they were made: Yalchin Rafiyev, COP29 Lead Negotiator, Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive ...
COP 29: World leaders converge for United Nations annual climate ...
4 days ago — BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of a soccer World Cup. But 2024’s climate talks are more like the World Chess Federation ...
UN Climate Change Conference Baku - November 2024 - UNFCCC
3 days ago — Unlocking the vast benefits of bold climate action: NDC events at COP29. A recent report from UN Climate Change shows that current national climate plans (NDCs) are still dangerously off-track to avert the crippling effects of climate …
COP29: Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Houston spew ... - Associated Press News
1 day ago — Plenty of big cities emit far more than some nations. Shanghai’s 256 million metric tons of greenhouse gases led all cities and exceeded those from the nations of Colombia or Norway. Tokyo’s 250 million metric tons would rank in the top 40 of nations if it were a country, while New York City’s 160 million metric tons and Houston’s 150 ...
COP29 Climate Talks Focus on Financing - The New York Times
2 days ago — By David Gelles and Brad Plumer. Reporting from the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Nov. 13, 2024. The language of world leaders speaking on Tuesday at the United Nations climate summit ...