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UN Climate Talks Begin With Nations Detailing Extreme Weather

Amid the United Nations' annual climate summit on Wednesday, nations from across the globe detailed extreme weather they face.

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At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

The United Nations’ annual climate conference continued Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small

Associated Press · 1d

Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to UN climate talks in a year of weather extremes

The major focus of the negotiations is climate finance, which is rich nations trying to help poor countries pay for transitioning their economies away from fossil fuels.

PBS · 1d

Leaders of the world’s biggest polluters are skipping UN climate talks

The climate talks often have the star power of a soccer World Cup, but many big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent. That includes the top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting countries.

Keir Starmer unveils ambitious UK climate goal at COP29

Reuters on MSN · 1d

UK's Starmer sets out new 2035 climate goal

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035 as he committed the country to a more ambitious climate goal at the United Nations COP29 climate summit. The new goal is in line with a recommendation from a committee of climate advisers who said last month the target should exceed the current 78% cut to emissions,

The Independent on MSN · 17h

Watch: Starmer unveils UK’s ambitious climate change goal at COP29 conference

Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer unveilED the UK’s climate goals at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) on Tuesday, 12 November. The UK prime minister and Volodymyr Zelensky were among world leaders to address the conference in Baku.

LiveTube News (English) on MSN · 1d

Video: Live: Keir Starmer unveils ambitious UK climate goal at COP29

Keir Starmer unveils ambitious UK climate goal at COP29 The Prime Minister has arrived in Azerbaijan for the Cop29 climate summit, where he will argue that the transition to green energy is an investment opportunity.

COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries

Experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect ...

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Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to ...

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COP29: Who pays for climate action in developing nations—and how much—becomes more urgent

This year's United Nations climate summit, the Conference of the Parties (COP29) which starts in Azerbaijan this week, has ...

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$1 trillion needed in climate cash for developing nations, experts say at COP29

The analysis comes as countries come together for the 29th edition of the United Nations climate talks, hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan, where nations are trying to set new targets to cut emissions ...

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Climate talks open with calls for a path away from the ‘road to ruin.’ But the real focus is money

In Baku, Azerbaijan the two-week United Nations climate negotiations, called COP29, got right to the major focus of striking ...

Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?

Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming season. Rather than prepare her land in Zimbabwe’s arid ...

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COP29 climate summit kicks off in Baku. Will it be the last for the U.S.?

As delegates from nearly 200 countries gather for a major international summit on climate change, they're confronting a new era of uncertainty for the U.S. under a second Trump administration.

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The United Nations faces uncertainty as Trump returns to US presidency

The United Nations and other international organizations are looking at new uncertainties with Donald Trump returning to the ...

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Solutions: As climate change worsens, so too will natural disasters. Here’s how to pay for them

The United Nations' loss and damage fund is just one channel for humanitarian support. Insurance, expanded social services ...

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