An Afghan environment official on Sunday said the country must be allowed to participate in future global climate talks, after returning from COP29 in Baku where Taliban officials attended for the first time...
A bitterly-fought climate finance deal reached at COP29 risks weakening emissions-cutting plans from developing countries, observers say, further raising the stakes for new national commitments due early next year.
The tough-fought finance deal at UN climate negotiations was 鈥榠mperfect鈥�, the Azerbaijan COP29 leadership has admitted, seeking to blame richer countries for an outcome slammed by poorer nations as insulting...
The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal on Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters as insultingly low.
WHEN the loss and damage finance needs are in billions, around $810 million has been pledged so far for the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, previously known as the Loss and Damage Fund, including pledges made in COP29. This is around 0.2 per cent of the irreversible losses and damages the developing countries are experiencing every...
COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, brought the world鈥檚 attention once again to strategies to address the climate crisis. While reducing emissions (mitigation) remains essential, it has become increasingly clear that even with significant global efforts, the consequences of climate change are here to stay. Rising sea levels, erratic weather patterns, and...
The world鈥檚 most climate-imperilled nations stormed out of consultations in protest at the deadlocked UN COP29 conference Saturday, as simmering tensions over a hard-fought finance deal erupted into the open.
AS THE world came together for COP29 in Baku, the need to tackle climate change has never been more urgent. The Conference of the Parties, or COP, is a UN initiative that began in 1995 to address the growing climate crisis. The foundation for global climate action was laid much earlier at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro...
Negotiators raced against the clock at UN climate talks on Thursday to broker a trillion-dollar deal to help poorer nations tackle global warming after rich and developing countries roundly rejected a draft deal...
COP29 was always going to be memorable, for no other reason than the hosting country, Azerbaijan, is a petrostate indifferent to the issue of emissions and scornful of ecological preachers. It has seen its natural gas supply grow by 128 per cent between 2000 and 2021. Between 2006 and 2021, gas exports rose by a monumental 29,290 per cent. A dizzying...
Negotiators at deadlocked UN climate talks said Wednesday that rich countries have been urged to commit as much as $900 billion per year to help poorer nations take action against global warming...
Negotiators toiled Tuesday to break a deadlock at UN climate talks after G20 leaders acknowledged the need for trillions of dollars for poorer nations but left key sticking points unresolved.
Bangladesh, one of the nations most affected by climate change, is not receiving adequate financial support as promised under international agreements, said the country's interim government鈥檚 environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan.
A delegation of the Daffodil International University has participated in the 29th Conference of the Parties in Baku in Azerbaijan.
At least 1,773 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP29 climate negotiations, according to an analysis...
The UN鈥檚 climate chief urged G20 leaders on Saturday to push COP29 talks towards a deal to raise money for developing nations as diplomats struggled to find common ground in...
Bangladeshi youths have brought their country鈥檚 climate crisis to the global stage at COP29 in Baku in Azerbaijan, through a powerful Nakshikantha showcase at the Bangladesh Pavilion...
Oil executives and lobbyists descended on COP29 in Baku for 鈥榚nergy day鈥� Friday, as environmental groups denounced the presence of the fossil fuel industry at the UN climate talks.
A group of Bangladeshi civil society organisations on Friday staged a demonstration at the ongoing COP29 at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan鈥檚 capital Baku against fossil fuel expansion.
Host Azerbaijan tried to bring down the diplomatic temperature in Baku on Thursday after a French minister cancelled her trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina withdrew its delegation...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home this evening wrapping up his Baku tour to attend the global climate meet titled 鈥楥onference of Parties-29 (COP29)鈥�.
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said that his government would carry out vital labour reforms in an effort to attract more foreign investment in the country鈥檚 manufacturing sector...
Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction 鈥� and climate change is the chief culprit, a new report said on Wednesday...
A fresh draft of a UN climate deal released Wednesday proposes concrete options to raise funding for poorer countries, but leaves unresolved sticking points that have long delayed an agreement...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday suggested creating a new lifestyle based on 鈥榸ero waste and zero carbon鈥� to protect the planet from climate catastrophes, presenting his longstanding dream of creating a new world of three zeroes...
The first Afghan official to attend UN climate talks since the Taliban came to power said on Monday that his country hopes to benefit from a global finance deal under negotiation at COP29 in Baku.
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said most climate vulnerable countries with limited decarbonisation capacity need to have adequate financial and technical support to develop green industries.
The host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan on Tuesday defended fossil fuels and the right of countries to exploit them as dozens of world leaders arrived for the COP29 conference.
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will address the opening session of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit at the Conference of the Parties-29 (COP29) on Wednesday.
The COP29 talks opened Monday with calls for global cooperation and fresh warnings about climate disasters 鈥� but proceedings quickly ground to a halt in a fight over the agenda.