The world’s top court will next week start unprecedented hearings aimed at finding a “legal blueprint” for how countries should protect the environment from damaging greenhouse gases — and what the consequences are if they do not. From Monday, lawyers and representatives from more than 100 countries and organisations will make submissions before the International…
Chandni Raina (Reuters photo) BAKU/NEW DELHI: India’s historic stand of rejecting the climate finance outcome at COP29 on Sunday triggered similar reactions from other developing countries and experts, who viewed India as a champion of the entire Global South.The moment came during the final plenary where India’s negotiator, Chandni Raina, led the charge against what…
The United Nations Climate Conference (COP29) concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a contentious $300 billion annual global finance agreement aimed at aiding developing nations in tackling climate change. However, the intended beneficiaries of this deal have widely criticized it, calling the proposal “an insult.” A Disappointing Outcome Developing countries had initially sought over $1 trillion…
Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief, speaks during a closing plenary session at the Cop29 UN Climate Summit, Sunday, November 24, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP) Nations worldwide endorsed a contentious climate agreement on Sunday, at the Cop29 conference in Baku, though developing countries criticised the $300 billion annual commitment from affluent historic emitters as…
The second week of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has commenced, setting the stage for a decisive moment in global climate action. President COP29, Mukhtar Babayev, alongside UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell and other key figures, outlined the conference’s achievements and challenges during…
NEW DELHI: As world leaders and climate negotiators converge on Baku for COP29, beginning Monday, India is set to bring renewed focus to the urgent need for climate finance, accountability, and protection for vulnerable communities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend the conference, and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav may also be absent, with Union…
Many are promising policies within agreed warming limits, but are approving new oil and gas fields (Representative Image) PARIS: One year after world leaders issued the landmark call for a global move away from fossil fuels, nations are failing to turn that promise into action, say climate diplomats, campaigners and policy experts.Countries are being urged…
Carbon cuts ‘miles short’ of 2030 goal: UN Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling “miles short” of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.Levels of the three main greenhouse gases — heat-trapping carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — all…
Humanity is ‘paying a terrible price’ for inaction on global warming, with time running out to correct the course and avoid climate disaster, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. A new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says the next decade is critical in the fight against climate change or any hope of…
The UN COP29 conference, which is scheduled to be held, from 11 November to 22 November in Baku, might pressurize rich countries to increase their contribution to ‘climate finance’ for poor countries by hundreds of billions of dollars.Climate finance is likely to be the top agenda at the conference amid disagreements on how much is…
