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G20 leaders turn focus to climate change

Climate talks in Azerbaijan head into their second week, coinciding with G20 in Rio

United Nations talks on getting money to curb and adapt to climate change resume Monday with fresh hope that negotiators and ministers can work through disagreements and hammer out a deal after slow progress last week.

NHK · 3h

COP29 President calls on G20 leadership to progress climate talks

Azerbaijan, the host country of United Nations climate change conference, has called on G20 leaders to send a positive signal of their commitment to addressing climate issues, as nations struggle to reach an agreement on new financial aid targets.

Reuters on MSN · 4h

G20 leaders turn focus to climate change at close of Rio summit

Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies meet on Tuesday to discuss sustainable development and the transition to cleaner energy, as they aim to increase the odds of a successful deal to address global warming at U.

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The Associated Press on MSN · 11h

Big money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. How can nations raise it?

Money is the key issue in Baku, where negotiators are working on a new amount for aid to help developing nations transition to clean energy, adapt to climate change and deal with weather disasters. It’ll replace the current goal of $100 billion annually — a goal set in 2009.

U.S. News & World Report · 1h

Factbox-What New Taxes Could Help Raise Money to Fight Climate Change?

A report backed by current G20 leader Brazil proposed a global minimum tax of 2% of wealth for the world's roughly 3,000 dollar-billionaires, to raise about $250 billion a year. Other options could include changing the threshold at which the tax kicks in and the rate at which it is applied.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution · 3h

Money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. Nations are finding ways to raise it

Just as a simple lever can move heavy objects, rich nations are hoping another kind of leverage — the financial sort — can help them come up with the money that poorer nations need to cope with climate change.

Slow progress on climate finance fuels anger

rediff.com · 16m

COP29: India, developing world face EU resistance to climate finance

Talks on global climate finance virtually ground to a halt last week at COP29, the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change event in Baku, Azerbaijan, as the developed world, led by the European Union (EU),

The Guardian on MSN · 1d

Cop29 live: frustration at slow progress on climate finance agreement

Campaign group WWF says there’s a ‘need for parties to get together and work through this’ as experts call for $1tn to reach developing countries each year

Voice of America · 1h

Slow progress on climate finance fuels anger as COP29 winds down

Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s COP29 president, called on delegates to show more urgency. “People have told me that they are concerned about the state of the negotiations,” Babayev told delegates Monday.

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COP29: Small island states ‘feel abandoned’ as climate talks grind on

Adviser representing small island nations laments state of negotiations over financing at COP29. View on euronews ...

US lawmaker accuses Azerbaijan in near 'assault' at COP29

A US lawmaker critical of COP29 host Azerbaijan said he was nearly assaulted when he attended the climate talks in what he ...

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Lula says COP29 talks 'cannot leave' climate decisions to 2025

"We cannot leave the task of Baku (Azerbaijan's capital) until Belem," Lula told the G20 summit underway in Rio de Janeiro, ...

Crackdown in Azerbaijan: COP29 Host Country Arrests Climate Activists & Journalists Ahead of Talks

As we broadcast this week from the U.N. climate talks in Baku, human rights groups have warned of Azerbaijan’s escalating ...

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The COP29 climate talks are about to kick off in Baku, Azerbaijan. Here's what to expect

The next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, is about to get underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. These ...

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Tea is a way of life in Azerbaijan and center stage at COP29. But it's not immune to climate change

Agreements might not yet be brewing amongst negotiators at United Nations climate talks, but tea certainly is. It's one of ...

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Negotiators are urged to get down to business as climate talks in Baku enter second week

United Nations climate talks resumed Monday with negotiators urged to make progress on a deal that could see developing ...

COP29: Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber Climate-vulnerable nations’ delegates

At COP29, fossil fuel interests dominate the scene, eclipsing voices from climate-vulnerable nations in urgent calls for ...

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