Tag: climate meetings
Analysis: How can one country thwart the attempts of others to save the world time after time? | Foreign countries
This fall, the UN environmental meetings have failed in their goals. One country has prevented both the withdrawal from fossil fuels and the plans to reduce plastic waste in the…
Analysis: Western countries should pay poor countries as much climate finance as possible so that they can save themselves | Policy
The controversial issue of the Baku climate meeting, i.e. the amount of climate finance, depends on how quickly emissions decrease, writes environmental reporter Hanna Eskonen. Hanna Eskonen environmental reporter –…
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…
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…
Finland received a “dishonorable mention” from the international climate network | News in brief
The international network of climate organizations Climate Action Network (CAN) has given Finland a “dishonorable mention” in connection with the Baku climate conference, says the umbrella organization of Finnish non-governmental…
Finnish negotiators’ report reveals: Baku climate meeting in total deadlock and the host is not promoting even the most important issue | Foreign countries
The moods are mixed, the views of the countries are “really far from each other” and Azerbaijan, which is leading the meeting, is not even promoting the most important issue,…
The climate meeting is trying to find an agreement on the annual payments of a trillion dollars | News in brief
China’s assumption of responsibility for climate finance is important because the United States seems to be withdrawing from policies to prevent climate change 10:36•Updated 10:41 In the ongoing climate negotiations…
An artwork depicting a dead sperm whale appeared at the Baku climate conference | Foreign countries
The art installation also includes actors playing scientists. Almost without exception, activists appear around climate meetings who want to pressure the participants into stricter decisions. At the UN international climate…
The Baku climate meeting will start you arguing right from the start | News in brief
The COP29 meeting seeks more climate finance for developing countries. The UN COP29 climate meeting, which started today in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, has stumbled into a dispute between…