Leaders of the world’s biggest polluters absent from annual UN climate conference, AP Explains
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. World leaders have converged on the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, though ...
At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small. BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — When more than two dozen world leaders deliver remarks at the United Nations' annual climate conference on Wednesday ...
Biggest name world leaders missing at United Nations climate talks, but others try to fill the void
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
Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to UN climate talks in a year of weather extremes
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders who did show up that the world is seeing “a master class in climate destruction" in a year virtually certain to be hottest on record.
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.
Biggest name world leaders missing at UN climate talks, others fill the void
But 2024's climate talks are more like the International Chess Federation world championship, lacking recognizable names but big on nerd power and strategy. The top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting countries will not appear.
World leaders meet for climate talks, but big names missing
Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is
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Islands fill vacuum at climate summit
The list of “no shows” at the two-week COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan is long. Smaller countries, including island ...
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What can we expect at the COP29 Climate Conference?
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UN climate conference — just an excuse to shake West down for cash
With low expectations set before it even began, the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan will nonetheless see grandiose speeches ...
The Taliban will attend a UN climate conference for the 1st time
An Afghan official says the Taliban will attend a UN climate conference for the first time since their takeover of ...
What to expect from the UN climate conference dubbed the 'finance COP'
Nations will meet next week to hammer out agreements on climate action at the 29th UN climate change conference, COP 29, held ...
Azerbaijan is hosting the U.N. climate conference, putting the authoritarian petrostate in spotlight
Diplomats from across the world head to Azerbaijan for the annual climate summit, known as COP29. Critics allege greenwashing ...
Azerbaijan is the host of the UN's climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate
Diplomats from across the world will descend on the Azerbaijani capital of Baku for the annual climate summit, known as COP29 ...
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By Brad Plumer and David Gelles Darren Woods was one of only a few Western oil executives attending a global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. By Rebecca F. Elliott Low-income countries ...
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COP29, the U.N. conference on climate change, underway in Azerbaijan
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, is underway in Azerbaijan at a time when the U.S. is producing more ...
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What Indigenous leaders want from the COP29 U.N. climate conference
As the U.N. biodiversity conference recently concluded with both historic achievements and disappointments for Indigenous ...
COP29 UN Climate Meeting Begins Under Shadows | Opinion
If the United States is set on a path toward deepening its reliance on fossil fuels, it's difficult to hold out hope for an ...