In the Navajo Nation, and for many tribes, sage is a sacred plant burned in ceremonies to promote healing, spiritual protection and connection to the land. But Meredith Benally, who is Diné and the co-director of the environmental group C 4 Ever Green,

G20 communique in Rio contains key lines on climate confirming world set to transition away from fossil fuels. In keeping with previous Cop summits in authoritarian countries, authorities in Azerbaijan appear to have made some limited allowances for civil society interventions during the conference.

In Baku, the main objective for the nearly 200 countries gathered for COP29 is to agree a deal on how to provide trillions of dollars in financing for climate projects, with talks on a new finance goal and cutting emissions bogged down.

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies confirmed their support to shift more cash to developing countries to help them cope with climate change.

The draft G20 leaders’ communique focuses on the 2 degree C goal (upper limit of Paris Agreement) and doesn’t mention ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels’ language agreed upon at CO28 in UAE