Big COP-out: UN’s climate, biodiversity conferences stumble along
The Global North is stalling on its promises on delivering money needed to stop the planet overheating. Claire Keeton looks at the issues that have dominated the world’s biggest climate and biodiversity meetings, and why they matter
24 November 2024 - 00:00
Do you know where Azerbaijan and its ancient capital Baku are? This month, the petrostate wedged between Europe and Asia hosted the UN’s 29th climate conference, COP29, which had failed by Saturday night — nearly 24 hours into overtime — to reach a climate finance deal between the Global South and the Global North or agree on ambition for the world to transition away from fossil fuels...
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