On Friday, midway through the two-week summit, a group of former leaders, climate experts and scientists published an open letter calling for the COP process to be reformed, saying it "cannot deliver ...

Every climate COP opens with a lot of anticipation, it seems. Climate change poses an existential threat to human life on earth, and the pressure from increasing impacts of global warming and growing ...

Baku, AZERTAC — Jacob Mudenda, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, arrived in Azerbaijan on Friday to participate in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29 ...

In fulfillment of his commitment to openness, inclusivity, and transparency, H.E. Mukhtar Babayev, the President of the COP 29/CMP 19/CMA 6, is using this space to share with all participants and the ...

And while there's much sympathy here for the people of Afghanistan, with the rule of law and gender equality being very much at the heart COP - observe is all the Taliban delegation will probably ...

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Record oil and gas production under President Joe Biden has enabled the US to smoothly transition toward cleaner energy and fight climate change without driving up prices, a top White House ...

The decision means that for the first time since the 2015 Paris Agreement — which France helped engineer and has since strongly defended — a COP will take place without senior French leadership. The ...

In addition to attending the conference with the Company's Founder and CEO, Zefiro CCO Tina Reine will be featured as a panelist on a UN COP29 Climate Action Innovation Zone discussion regarding the ...

He also said Britain would fully switch to “clean power” by 2030, and – in a typical COP-style initiative – invited countries to join a Global Clean Power Alliance. “Action on climate ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/LM Otero/AP Oh by the way, a global climate conference ...