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At COP29 summit, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

Many nations at the summit on Wednesday detailed their firsthand experience with the catastrophic weather that has come with climate change

WTKR Norfolk, VA on MSN · 1d

Leaders worldwide meeting at the United Nations annual Climate Change Summit

Leaders worldwide are in Azerbaijan for the United Nations Climate Change Summit. Much of the talk has been centered around the potential major shift in policy when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

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World leaders descend on Azerbaijan's capital Baku for United Nations climate talks

World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of a soccer World Cup.

India Today on MSN · 1h

World leaders gather for UN climate conference in Baku

World leaders are meeting at the UN's annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, despite the absence of major figures like those from the US and China. T

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Reuters on MSN · 22h

What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit?

BAKU (Reuters) -World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Tuesday where United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has told them to "pay up" to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters.

Forbes · 22h

COP29: 5 Critical Developments To Watch At This Year’s Climate Summit

COP29, this year's biggest environmental conference, is now underway. Here is how leaders from around the world are coming together to advance global climate efforts.

Global News on MSN · 18h

COP29: Little progress made since last climate summit, UN special rapporteur says

COP29 is underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. Global News Morning spoke with one of the experts in attendance, Elisa Morgera, the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, about what's at stake at this year's climate summit.

Azerbaijani president repeats oil a 'gift of God'

The Independent on MSN · 19h

Oil and gas are gift of god, Azerbaijan president tells climate summit

Oil and gas are a “gift of god”, Azerbaijan ’s president Ilham Aliyev told the Cop29 climate conference on Tuesday. Speaking to delegates at the United Nations summit, held in the capital city of Baku, Mr Aliyev defended his nation’s fossil fuel resources after some campaigners had criticised holding the event in Azerbaijan.

Yahoo · 1d

Azerbaijani president repeats oil a 'gift of God' in COP29 speech

The UN Climate Change Conference host, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, has accused Western "fake news media" and environmental organizations of a slander campaign against his country, in his address to fellow leaders.

The Telegraph on MSN · 20h

Fossil fuels a gift from God, says Azerbaijani president at Cop29

Fossil fuels are a gift from God and giving them up is not realistic, the host of the Cop29 climate summit has said. Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, defended his country’s oil and gas industry during opening remarks at the conference in the country’s capital Baku on Tuesday.

The New York Times1h

Climate Summit, in Early Days, Is Already on a ‘Knife Edge’

By David Gelles and Brad Plumer Reporting from the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan The language of world leaders ...

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Why are people flocking to see a ‘dead whale’ in Baku, the venue of COP29 summit?

Reuters The United Nations COP29 climate summit is currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, with representatives from ...

‘Test for rich countries’: Cop29 summit opens with stark warnings and fear of Trump

Thousands of diplomats, scientists and leaders arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan to negotiate the thorniest topic of climate ...

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America’s Delegation Diminished by Trump’s Win as UN Climate Summit Commences

As dozens of heads of state arrived in Azerbaijan for the annual United Nations climate talks this week, one absent world ...

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Pay up or face climate-led disaster for humanity, UN chief warns COP29 summit

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to "pay up" to prevent ...

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COP29: Who pays for climate action in developing nations—and how much—becomes more urgent

This year's United Nations climate summit, the Conference of the Parties (COP29) which starts in Azerbaijan this week, has ...

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United Nations summit gives Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisions

CALI, Colombia — After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference ...

Afghanistan attends U.N. climate talks for first time since Taliban return to power

Afghanistan’s first delegation at United Nations climate talks since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021 has arrived in ...

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