COP29 gets boost from Rio as G20 leaders back scaling up climate finance from ‘billions to trillions’
The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio sent a clear signal to negotiating teams at stalled UN climate talks in Baku on the need to rapidly and substantially ‘scale up climate finance from billions to trillions from all sources.’
‘Cut the theatrics’: UN climate chief tells COP29 negotiators to focus on solutions as talks enter final week
As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday to “cut the theatrics,” get down to business and hammer out a new finance deal to compensate [...]
Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges
The G20 group of developed economies must be at the forefront of global efforts to bring about peace, climate action, fairer international financial institutions and equitable access to emerging technologies, the UN Secretary-General said on Sunday [...]
Colombian conflict survivors turn forest heroes in search of climate change solutions
"What do I want the river to carry away? The deforestation," Sandra Donado says, her voice competing with the sudden storm lashing her canoe as it floats down the Guaviare River in Colombia’s Amazon biome region.
Jeddah conference closes with adoption of global pledges to tackle antimicrobial resistance
The 4th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) wrapped up on Saturday with the adoption of the Jeddah Commitments, which lay out practical, actionable and cross-sectoral steps stakeholders can take to address this [...]
COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions is key
Leaders in technology and the environment at COP29 in Baku endorsed on Saturday a declaration pledging to use digital technologies to accelerate climate action while reducing the carbon and pollution footprints of tech manufacturing and [...]