As delegates from nearly 200 countries gather for a major international summit on addressing the threat of climate change, they're confronting a new era of uncertainty for the United States' climate ...

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 ...

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 ...

"It is a very difficult moment, there is half of the world just walked out - or a very important proportion. And we need to engage deeply in negotiation. There is dissatisfaction from the (global) ...

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 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), a U.N.-led forum for international stakeholders to meet and negotiate on climate policy, drew to a conclusion last month in Azerbaijan with the announcement ...

COP29 in Baku is marred by disagreements over climate financing, sidelining of key issues, and political tensions. The absence of many global leaders and the controversial remarks of Azerbaijani ...

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 ...