The 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) opened on Nov. 11 in Baku, ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Soaring rhetoric, urgent pleas and pledges of cooperation contrasted with a backdrop of seismic political changes, global wars and economic hardships as United Nations annual ...

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - NOVEMBER 12: World leaders and delegates pose for a family photo on day two of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference at Baku Stadium on November 12, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the global energy transition and net-zero emissions. COP29 brought together heads of state and other leaders, ...

The agreement was criticized by developing nations, who called it insufficient, but United Nations climate chief Simon Steill hailed it as an insurance policy for humanity. "It has been a difficult ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As delegates from nearly 200 countries gather for a major international summit on addressing the threat of climate change, they're ...

Delegates at the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan on Saturday agreed to a deal that would enable a global market facilitating carbon credit trading, resolving ten years of discussions and ...

At around 3 am on Sunday morning, in a drained plenary, the gavel slammed to bring COP29 to a close. Coming at the end of a convulsive final day in Baku, Azerbaijan, the conclusion of the Conference ...

Preity Gurung is a member of the Tamang people of the Himalaya. The climate effects here are deeply felt: After a long period of drought, more than 200 people in Kathmandu were killed by floods in ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan—With little to show after eight days of talks, COP29 negotiators are under pressure to deliver a solid finance deal to help the countries most affected by climate change and least ...

Former Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi has died. He was president from 2020 to 2025. He also was a former police ...

Keeping up with the pre-COP29 news has not been an uplifting experience. So after all the various lowering of expectations and shrugging of shoulders and outright scandals leading up to the world’s ...