COP29
6 Jan
Representatives of Global Environment Facility (GEF) member states have approved $106.21 million in funding for urgently needed climate adaptation action in Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States.
21 Dec
Africa is taking center stage in the fight against climate change, according to Temitope Adeoye, a climate advocate and founder of the FactCheck Initiative. Adeoye emphasized that, despite the continent's climate-related challenges, Africans are responding with innovative solutions and grassroots actions to combat the crisis. He questioned, “What does climate change really mean to the…
7 Dec
The World Bank Group on Friday unveiled a record $100 billion financing package for the 21st replenishment cycle of the International Development Association (IDA21), the largest in the fund’s history.
3 Dec
As COP29 dragged into overtime the expected climate finance target of at least $1.3 trillions of dollars shrunk to an offer of $250 billion per year from 2035.
26 Nov
As the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) winds down in Baku, Azerbaijan, the conference has identified food waste as a major issue, urging nations to adopt solutions that strengthen food systems, promote waste reduction and support the bioeconomy.
25 Nov
The United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP29) that brought together nearly 200 countries in Baku, Azerbaijan, closed yesterday with a new financial goal to help countries protect their people and economies against climate disasters
22 Nov
A new draft deal at the United Nations (UN) climate talks Friday proposes that rich nations commit $250 billion a year to help poorer nations combat global warming in an 11th-hour bid to break the deadlocked negotiations. African countries and climate activists quickly denounced the figure as "unacceptable" and inadequate to meet the realities of…
20 Nov
Global tech and environment leaders at COP29 have endorsed a declaration on boosting climate action with digital technologies while cutting the environmental impacts of the same technologies.
19 Nov
As the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, entered its critical second and final week, environmental experts have emphasised the importance of literary arts in inspiring action to mitigate climate change. The experts said literature has the power to raise awareness and sympathy to motivate actions against climate change. They spoke while…
18 Nov
The UN's climate chief on Monday told countries at the deadlocked COP29 summit to "cut the theatrics", as pressure mounts on G20 leaders to deliver a breakthrough. As the UN climate talks limp into a second week in Azerbaijan, the world is no closer to a financial deal for poorer countries that will determine the…
18 Nov
As Week Two of COP29 begins today, more is expected when ministers fly in to handle the hard political deal-making at the negotiations known as COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
16 Nov
Donald Trump's Republican allies in Congress showed up at UN climate talks to tout natural gas and nuclear energy, but they tiptoed around