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December 2, 2024 10:22 AM

World Court to open climate change hearings

The United Nations' top court on Monday starts hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the consequences for states of contributing to global warming, the outcome of which could influence litigation worldwide. Vanuatu, one of the small island states that spearheaded the effort to get the International Court of Justice to give a so-called advisory opinion, will be the first of over a hundred states and international organisations to give their views in two weeks ...

November 24, 2024 3:17 PM

Takeaways from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan

This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense negotiations. Here are some of the takeaways from the COP29 summit held in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku: CASH FOR CLIMATE REMAINS TIGHT The summit's main agenda item - setting a new annual target for global climate finance - had nations wrangling for two weeks. Even after reaching a deal for $300 billion a year by 2035, many developing countries said the amount was far too low....

November 19, 2024 11:37 AM

India highlights four important aspects of global climate action at COP29

India made a significant intervention on Monday during the '2024 Annual High-level Ministerial Roundtable on pre-2030 Ambition' at the COP29 UN Climate Change Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, emphasising four critical aspects of global climate action. India underscored the importance of addressing four key areas in global climate action: scaling up innovative actions and technology transfer, prioritising climate finance as central to implementing climate action, enhancing international cooperation, ...

June 13, 2024 1:34 PM

Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit

With just five months to go before this year's U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the developing world fight climate change - let alone how to split it. The decision is set to dominate the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan in November, where nearly 200 countries need to agree on a new annual financing target for helping poorer countries cut their emissions and protect their societies in a harsher, hotter world. The new target will replace t...