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COP29 Baku: a platform from which to build on?

Several delegates stressed the significance of having reached an agreement and making progress in "difficult geopolitical times".

25/11/2024

Green News

COP29: Summit ends with $300bn a year climate finance deal

After concerns climate talks in Baku could collapse, the gavel came down on a finance deal in the early hours of the morning.

24/11/2024

Green News

COP29: Globe cuts deal on climate in Baku after hours of wrangling

Euronews Green brings you the latest updates from the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

23/11/2024

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Azerbaijani Flavours: Slow Food tours in north Azerbaijan

Partner content presented by Azerbaijan Tourism Board

Appreciation of Azerbaijan's diverse culinary landscape has never been easier on the Greater Caucasus Slow Food Travel route.

22/11/2024

Azerbaijan

COP29: First draft text panned but presidency hopeful for breakthrough

The leader of the European Parliament's delegation to COP29 tells Euronews that mitigation efforts must be stepped up in an ambitious way.

21/11/2024

Green News

Local European leaders explain how they are climate-proofing cities

With this year's climate summit dubbed the 'finance COP', much of the discussion centred on the smartest way to spend taxpayers' money.

21/11/2024

Green News

COP29: Negotiations come down to the wire on new climate finance goal

Euronews Green brings you the latest updates from the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

21/11/2024

Azerbaijan

COP29: Ukraine pledges to build back greener

On the sidelines of the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, Euronews spoke to Ukraine’s environment minister Svitlana Grynchuk about why the country remains committed to climate action, and isn’t waiting for the bombing to stop before ‘building back green’.

20/11/2024

Green News

COP29: EU commissioner rejects backtracking on climate deal

As negotiators await Azerbaijan’s proposal for a global agreement on climate finance, the EU holds firm on the need to move away from fossil fuels, but refuses to say how much it is prepared to help developing countries do the same.

20/11/2024

Green News

Azerbaijan promises late night compromise for climate finance goal

The COP29 presidency plans to release a draft agreement on a bitterly fought new climate finance goal in a bid to break the deadlock over who pays and how much.

20/11/2024

Green News

New ranking puts Denmark on top for climate performance

Authors of the ranking say the EU’s performance shows the effect of the Green Deal but more still needs to be done to cut the bloc’s fair share of greenhouse gas emissions.

20/11/2024

Green News

COP29: EU wins Fossil of the Day award at UN climate conference

Euronews Green brings you the latest updates from the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

20/11/2024

Green News

Ukraine tallies environmental damages from 1,000 days of war at COP29

As central as environmental destruction is to Ukraine’s story at COP29, its pavilion is also a showcase for green restoration.

19/11/2024

Green News

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

Representative for small island nations laments state of negotiations over financing at COP29.

19/11/2024

Green News

Hundreds of agriculture lobbyists flock to COP29, analysis reveals

An analysis by DeSmog and The Guardian found that representatives from some of the world’s biggest agribusiness companies have travelled to Baku for the talks.

19/11/2024

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COP29: denial in the face of a climate emergency

At COP29 in Baku, climate activists demanded that rich countries provide $5 trillion per year in funding to support poorer countries' climate needs.

19/11/2024

Green News

COP29: 'Cut the theatrics' over finance talks, UN climate chief warns

The whole COP climate process could stall or go into reverse if governments refuse to compromise with less than a week of negotiations left.

18/11/2024

Green News

COP29: The clock is ticking as the money talk intensifies

The first week of the COP29 summit in Baku ended with frustration at a lack of progress on the key issue of financing the energy transition and climate adaptation in developing countries.

18/11/2024

Europe News

Frustration rises as COP29 climate summit enters it last week

The COP29 climate summit is midway through now and negotiators are trying to hammer out a deal that might be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

18/11/2024

Europe News

'Azerbaijan cannot impose any kind of solution' COP29's host says

'Azerbaijan cannot impose any kind of solution' COP29's host tells Euronews, adding that the only way forward at the climate summit is through consensus.

16/11/2024

Green News

Activists say they feel stifled by COP29 rules and restrictions

Activists feel that only being able to protest within certain areas throughout the venue — when previous years have seen mass street marches in host cities — can be frustrating.

16/11/2024

Climate

COP29: Tracking climate finance and global commitments

World leaders and negotiators at the UN climate conference are grappling with the challenge of setting a new climate finance target to meet the trillion-dollar costs of helping lower-income nations adapt to climate change.

16/11/2024

Climate

COP29’s host city Baku has its own local climate crisis

Against the backdrop of Baku’s COP29 climate negotiations, the shores of the Caspian Sea are retreating.

16/11/2024

Green News

COP29: Activists gather as progress on finance target slows

Euronews Green brings you the latest updates from the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

16/11/2024

Azerbaijan

COP president Babayev optimistic about outcome after five days

A letter signed by global leaders and renowned climate scientists calls for reform of the COP process.

15/11/2024

Azerbaijan

Al Gore calls for reform of COP climate process

Former US vice-president now climate campaigner Al Gore said it is 'absurd' that the presidency of the UN climate talks is being repeatedly handed to petrostates, in an exclusive interview with Euronews.

15/11/2024