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Geopolitics Overshadow COP29 Talks on Climate Cash, as Argentina Walks Away
Date: November 14, 2024
By Kate Abnett, Olesya Astakhova and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) -Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world’s most vulnerable, as political tensions overshadowed the talks and Argentina on Thursday pulled its delegation from Baku. The success of this year’s...
Development Bank Financing Pledge Gives COP29 Summit Early Boost
Date: November 13, 2024
By Valerie Volcovici and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) – COP29 negotiators welcomed a pledge by major development banks to lift funding to poor and middle-income countries struggling with global warming as an early boost to the two-week summit. A group of lenders, including the World Bank, announced on Tuesday a joint goal of increasing this...
What Are They Saying at the COP29 Climate Summit?
Date: November 13, 2024
BAKU (Reuters) -World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Wednesday. Here are the latest comments: ALBANIA PRIME MINISTER EDI RAMA “I decided to leave aside my well prepared speech because …yesterday I was watching the silent TV in the leaders’ lounge, where the organizers have thoughtfully added green plants above...
Amazon, Ikea Join Other Ocean Cargo Shippers to Boost Demand for New Green Fuels
Date: November 13, 2024
By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) – Amazon.com and IKEA, in alliance with about three dozen other companies that depend on ocean freight, will invite shipping firms for the first time to bid on a contract in January to move their cargo on vessels powered by near-zero emissions e-fuels like e-methanol. The group known as the Zero...
Europe Needs More Resources to Tackle Climate Change, Greek PM Says
Date: November 13, 2024
(Reuters) -Europe is a global leader in the green transition but also needs to make sure there are more resources to tackle the impact of unprecedented climate shocks, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. The world’s largest economies have pledged to transition to net-zero carbon emissions energy systems by 2050. “We cannot focus...
Explainer-Why Are Countries Fighting Over Climate Finance at COP29?
Date: November 13, 2024
By Kate Abnett BAKU (Reuters) – The main task for nearly 200 countries at the U.N.’s COP29 climate summit is to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of dollars in financing for climate projects worldwide. Here is what you need to know about the Nov. 11-22 summit talks on finance. WHAT IS THE...