Why COP29 failed November 28, 2024 Few were impressed by a late-running conference hosted by a petrostate, but that doesn’t mean we should give up on climate action, says Fin McCarron COP29 has now been and gone. And it’s fair to say that nobody was impressed. This year’s global climate gathering was supposed to provide a brand new climate finance target [...]
Cop29 draft finance deal rejected as negotiators walk out of UN climate talks November 23, 2024 The latest rough draft of a deal on climate finance is thought to have been soundly rejected by developing economies at Cop29, a day after the UN summit was scheduled to finish. Negotiators from rich and poor nations are huddled in one room as the talks to reach a deal on money for developing countries [...]
Finance deal remains elusive at Cop29 as UN climate talks stretch into overtime November 23, 2024 Countries have worked through the night to broker a deal on climate finance at the UN climate summit as negotiations stretched into overtime. Patience is wearing thin on the ground at Cop29 in Azerbaijan as negotiations in the host city, Baku, hit a deadlock again on Saturday afternoon – almost 24 hours after the summit [...]
Miliband tells Cop29: clean energy transition ‘economically right’ for UK November 22, 2024 The transition to clean energy is “unstoppable” and the “economically right thing” for the UK, the energy secretary has argued at the Cop29 climate conference. Britain wants to see a deal at the UN climate conference, hosted in Azerbaijan, that “accelerates the clean energy transition,” Ed Miliband has said. Speaking in the capital of Baku, [...]
Reparations won’t fix climate change November 18, 2024 Wrong-headed demands that every single person in the rich world should pay $1000 a year in climate reparations will squeeze aid funding and do nothing to advance the green transition. The money would be better spent on R&D to drive down the cost of renewables, says Bjorn Lomborg The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is [...]
COP29: A missed opportunity to take the heat out of global warming November 18, 2024 Those who shout the loudest about climate change tend to have a disproportionate influence, but we’ll never solve this challenge without being realistic and practical, says Eliot Wilson There was a time when climate change – ”global warming” was the argot when I was young – was accepted by politicians as a major challenge. Margaret [...]
Taiwan is being excluded from international climate agreements – against its will November 17, 2024 As world leaders and delegates gather this month in Baku, Azerbaijan, for Cop29 to address the global threat of climate change, Taiwan – with its proactive net-zero policies, invaluable climate adaptation experience and demonstrated commitment to climate action – remains excluded from participating in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for political [...]
COP29: What world leaders can learn from indigenous communities November 11, 2024 As global leaders gather for COP29, they must remember that climate change is a symptom of our broken relationship with nature, and indigenous people can help repair that Today, despite grand statements from multinational corporations and warm words from politicians, we continue to damage the natural world at a rate it cannot possibly sustain. Our [...]
COP29 will determine who pays for net zero November 4, 2024 Policymakers are descending on Baku for COP29 to mobilise finance to support climate action in developing countries – and London is leading those efforts, says Chris Hayward Hundreds of ministers, policymakers and financiers descending on Baku this month for COP29 will be met by an in-tray of crucial climate policy decisions. Dubbed the ‘finance COP’, [...]
Want climate action for grownups? Become a climate Yimby October 5, 2024 Instead of throwing soup at artwork, do something actually constructive and become a climate Yimby, suggests Chis Hocknell