Money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. Nations are finding ways to 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.
COP29 climate talks: What new taxes could help raise money to fight climate change?
The COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan aim to agree an annual finance target of $1 trillion or more a year to help poorer countries respond to global warming. Some see new taxes as one way to get there.
Big money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. How can nations raise it?
Big money to respond to climate change is key to the United Nations talks underway in Azerbaijan. BAKU, Azerbaijan — Just as a simple lever can move heavy objects, rich nations are hoping another kind of leverage — the financial sort — can help them ...
At UN climate talks, farmers argue for a share of money dedicated to fighting climate change
Extreme heat ruined the pineapples on Esther Penunia's small farm in the Philippines this year, more disappointment than catastrophe since Penunia doesn't depend on the farm for a living. But Penunia worries about the millions of small farmers in her part of the world who do depend on rice paddies,
COP29: How nations plan to raise money to respond to climate change
Negotiators are fighting over three big parts of the money issue: How big the numbers are, how much is grants or loans, and who pays.
Just back from the global climate talks, Senator Markey weighs in: “Ours is a generational fight”
Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey spent a few days at the UN climate talks in Baku, meeting with delegates from the United ...
Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what ...
G20 talks in Rio reach breakthrough on climate finance, sources say
Heads of state arriving in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from ...
Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.
At last year’s climate conference in the United Arab Emirates, 22 countries pledged, for the first time, to triple the ...
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 ...
Climate leaders were worried Trump would derail talks. They didn’t know their host would be the wrecking ball
From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in ...
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 ...
As talks in Baku cross the halfway point, nations are no closer to a goal on cash for climate action
Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially ...
Who’s rich enough to pay for climate change?
At the COP29 climate summit, world leaders have stalled talks, unable to decide whether developing nations like China should ...