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Here are the most important points of the climate agreement
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen The EU’s climate chief Wopke Hoekstra meets reporters – and critics at COP29. Photo: Joshua A. Bickel/AP/TT Rich countries must contribute more money to help…
at least $300 billion in annual climate finance for developing countries
At the end of two weeks of heated negotiations, countries from around the world meeting in Baku approved on Sunday, November 24, an agreement providing at least $300 billion in…
COP29 agrees on climate aid to poor countries – 300 billion a year: “It’s too little!”
COP29 is an abbreviation for Conference of the Parties, and is a collective name for the annual climate summit held with the countries that have signed the UN Climate Convention.…
The UN climate meeting progressed chaotically towards the last hours | News in brief
Non-governmental organizations urged developing countries to leave the negotiations without an agreement rather than accept a bad agreement. The overlong UN climate meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, proceeded to the decisive…
Developing countries and island states walked out of the climate conference negotiations | News in brief
At the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, negotiators from small island states and developing countries have walked out of the negotiations. In the lengthy negotiations, the chairman’s proposal for…
Baku climate conference ending in disappointment – funding falling short of target | News in brief
Poor and climate change-prone countries are getting only a fraction of the support they had hoped for. The ongoing climate meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan is coming to an end. According…
Climate change has made hurricanes more powerful – increased by eight meters per second
The researchers have analyzed how the higher ocean temperatures may have affected Atlantic hurricanes. By comparing how powerful the hurricanes could theoretically become with how they became in reality, the…
At the climate meeting, a new solution company | News in brief
At the Baku climate meeting in Azerbaijan, the chairman has published a new presentation as the closing text of the meeting. In the new proposal agreed by the meeting, the…
The European Parliament renounces to reduce the law against deforestation but maintains the one-year postponement
A week after its weakening by the European Parliament, the law against imported deforestation is now supported by the member states of the European Union. The 27 agreed to maintain…
The EU rejects the draft decision presented at the Baku climate conference | News in brief
The European Union cannot accept the draft presented in Baku as the final document of the COP29 climate meeting, says the EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra. According to him, no…