It is not hypocritical for Azerbaijan to call for a global truce at Cop29 Letter: Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to the UK, responds to accusations of its move being a cynical PR stunt The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024
‘Pessimism is a luxury we can’t afford’: Kumi Naidoo on fighting fossil fuels with art and culture The new head of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty on Cop29 and why activism is not winning enough The Guardian - US · Sep 23, 2024
Environment Takes Centre Stage As Global Summits Loom Global warming. The summit, known as COP29, is expected to land a new agreement on "climate finance": money from rich nations most responsible for global warming to developing countries vulnerable to climate change. International Business Times · Sep 16, 2024
It’s a big deal if Australia and the Pacific are chosen to host UN climate talks. Here’s why It’s now very likely Australia will be announced as the host of the COP31 global climate talks in 2026 alongside Pacific nations. This would be a very big deal. The talks run for a fortnight and draw tens of thousands of delegates. It would be the largest diplomatic summit Australia… The Conversation · Sep 11, 2024
G20 countries turning backs on fossil fuel pledge, say campaigners Promise to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ made at Cop28 climate talks has been left out of draft resolutions The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2024
Colombia Rebels To Halt Attacks During UN Biodiversity Summit Colombia's EMC guerrilla group said Thursday it would not launch attacks in the city of Cali during the upcoming COP16 UN biodiversity summit, as it had previously threatened. International Business Times · Aug 1, 2024
Hurricane Beryl: Caribbean leader calls out rich countries for climate failures as ‘horrendous’ storm makes landfall Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines calls Cop ‘largely a talk shop’ and beseeches west to honor commitments The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2024
Key takeaways from the Bonn climate conference Main points from the talks in Germany over who should pay for changes needed to cope with impact of climate breakdown The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024
Azerbaijan accused of media crackdown before hosting Cop29 State reportedly arrested at least 25 journalists and activists in last year as it prepares for September climate summit The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024
COP29 Climate Hosts Say They'll Keep Expanding Fossil Fuels The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan told AFP on Friday that his country would keep increasing fossil fuel production "in parallel" with investments in cleaner alternatives. International Business Times · Jun 7, 2024
Climate: can young activists still sway the outcome of COP negotiations? Young activists are key figures of the climate movement. So much has been self-evident ever since Greta Thunberg sat outside the steps of the Swedish parliament during school hours in August 2018 and galvanised others from her generation to follow suit in the international movement of Fridays for Future. The Conversation · May 22, 2024
Cop29 at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance Fossil-fuel dependent country hopes to provide bridge between wealthy global north and poor south at November gathering The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2024
Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan Organisers of this year’s environmental conference hope cooperation on green issues could help ease global tensions The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024
As Cop29 president, I will build bridges between the diverging north and south to keep 1.5C in reach Re-establishing trust between developed and developing nations is essential if our goals are to be achieved, says Cop29 president Mukhtar Babayev The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024 Newly elected leaders to be held to same climate obligations, says Cop29 chief Exclusive: Incoming UN summit president calls on governments to stay on track, as majority of global population go to the polls
International Business Times · Feb 12, 2024 Gas Booming For UN COP29 Host Azerbaijan Following the UN's COP28 climate talks in oil-fuelled Dubai, the COP29 conference is headed for the historic cradle of oil, Azerbaijan, which is in the midst of a gas boom.
International Business Times UK · Jan 22, 2024 COP28 Agreement Faces Credibility Test Amidst Fossil Fuel Expansion Concerns Pedro Pedroso, the outgoing president of the G77 plus China bloc of developing countries, expressed concerns in an interview, warning that the landmark deal achieved at last year's climate talks in Dubai could be at risk.
The Guardian - US · Jan 19, 2024 Cop28 deal will fail unless rich countries quit fossil fuels, says climate negotiator G77 president Pedro Pedroso warns deal risks failing if polluters like UK, US and Canada don’t rethink plans to expand oil and gas
France 24 · Jan 7, 2024 'Pushes us closer to the abyss': Former Azerbaijani oil executive to head COP29 Azerbaijan's ecology minister and former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev was on Friday appointed to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks in a move that has sparked concern among NGOs and environmentalists who voiced similar worries over last year’s COP28 chair Sultan Al Jaber, chief of the United Arab Emirates’…
The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024 Anger as oil and gas industry veteran chosen to lead next Cop climate talks ‘A dangerous and very unwelcome pattern is developing – the oil industry capture of the COP process,’ says Green Party co-leader
The Conversation · Dec 29, 2023 Four good news climate stories from 2023 We don’t want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel lobby was everywhere at the COP talks, and even solutions like electric cars have their problems. And that just covers the past few weeks of this newsletter.
The Hindu · Dec 24, 2023 Unpacking the first ever COP ‘Health Day’ Placing health at the forefront of climate planning in India is not just a necessity but an imperative for several compelling reasons
Newslaundry · Dec 23, 2023 Hafta letters: Climate policy, COP28 and Zionism I would like the panel’s views on the following:
Fortune · Dec 22, 2023 After COP28, how companies can close the trust gap on environmental action Consumers think governments and business leaders aren’t doing enough to tackle climate change.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2023 Environmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28 Indigenous campaigners, human rights defenders and climate activists say they are being silenced by fear of reprisals