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Earth's biggest polluters aren't sending leaders to climate talks in a year of weather extremes
The Tribune-Democrat - Pennsylvania
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BAKU, Azerbaijan – World leaders converged Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference with plenty of big names and powerful countries noticeably absent. Past talks often had the star power of a soccer World Cup. But the meeting just...
Nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change at Baku talks
The Rising Nepal
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Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 14: More than two dozen world leaders are delivering remarks at the United Nations' annual climate conference Wednesday, with many hart-hit nations detailing their nations' firsthand experience with the catastrophic weather...
World leaders share devastating first hand stories of the climate emergency
Morning Star
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November 13, 2024
MORE than two dozen world leaders delivered remarks at the United Nations’ annual climate conference (Cop29) today, detailing first-hand experiences with catastrophic weather that has come with the climate emergency. Leader after leader recounted...
Earth's biggest polluters are not sending leaders to U.N. climate talks in year of weather extremes
The Washington Times
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November 12, 2024
BAKU, Azerbaijan — World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of...
Heavyweights sit out UN climate talks amid extreme weather crisis
Daily Sabah
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November 12, 2024
World leaders are gathering Tuesday for the United Nations' annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, though this year's COP29 is missing the big-name presence seen in past climate summits that often rivaled the fanfare of a World Cup....
COP29: Countries’ Early Delivery Of National Climate Plans Welcome, But More Ambition Required Say Health Orgs
Scoop
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Welcoming the announcement of new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) targets by several countries during the COP29 climate summit, the Global Climate and Health Alliance said today that some of the commitments require greater ambition and...
Baku Talks: High Ambition Coalition Seeks Trillions Of Dollars For Climate Action
Ommcom News
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November 13, 2024
Baku: With developed and developing countries divided in negotiations over climate finance at the COP29 talks, the High Ambition Coalition, an alliance of the world’s most climate-ambitious nations, on Wednesday sought trillions of dollars for...
Earth’s Biggest Ppolluters Aren’t Sending Leaders to UN Climate Talks in a Year of Weather Extremes
The National Herald
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November 12, 2024
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star...
At UN climate talks, nations get chance to bear witness to climate change
The Asahi Shimbun
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BAKU, Azerbaijan--More than two dozen world leaders are delivering remarks at the United Nations' annual climate conference Wednesday, with many hart-hit nations detailing their nations' firsthand experience with the catastrophic weather that has...
Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to UN climate talks
The Portland Press Herald - Maine
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November 12, 2024
BAKU, Azerbaijan — World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of...
Earth's biggest polluters aren't sending leaders to U.N. climate talks in a year of weather extremes
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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November 12, 2024
World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of a soccer World Cup....
COP29: Pressure Mounts on Rich Nations As UK Sets New Climate Target, China Calls For Finance Mobilisation
News18
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November 13, 2024
Last Updated:November 13, 2024, 14:41 IST Pressure is mounting on the wealthier and developed nations at COP29 to ramp up their climate action. (Getty)Pressure is mounting on the wealthier and developed nations at COP29 to ramp up their climate...
Summit-level COP29 UN climate meeting mulling finance goals
NHK
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Setting finance goals for tackling climate change is a major issue at a summit-level meeting of the United Nations climate change conference in Azerbaijan. The COP29 meeting kicked off in the capital Baku on Monday. The two-day summit-level...
Regional judicial symposium underway
Solomon Star
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June 19, 2025
The judicial Symposium 2025 got underway on Wednesday at the Pacific Forum Agency Fisheries (FFA) Conference Centre. It brought together Chiefs Justices from Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tuvalu, alongside other senior...
Fear and speculation mount after another tanker is hit by unexplained blast
Lloyd's List
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INSIDE the flooded engine room of Vilamoura (IMO: 9529293), crew members have documented several shrapnel holes left in the deck after an explosion ripped through the tanker on Friday. The blast left the suezmax, operated by George Economou’s TMS...
COP29 World Leaders Climate Action Summit features first panel session
Azertag
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November 12, 2024
Baku, November 12, AZERTAC As part of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, the World Leaders Climate Action Summit featured its first panel session. Mukhtar Babayev,...
Beyond promises: Why COP29 must secure a $1trn climate finance goal for global action
Flood Resilience Portal
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November 12, 2024
by Debbie Hillier | Tuesday, November 12, 2024 The impacts of climate change are undeniable, as shown by the devastation caused by floods in Spain, deadly hurricanes in the United States, flooding in Nepal and other extreme weather events...
COP29: Pacific expert wants action through largest climate-adaptation study
Pacific Media Network
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The 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) is underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, the largest climate change conference in the world, and Pacific Island experts are not wasting any time. University of Canterbury (UC) Professor Steven Ratuva is at the COP29,...
Trump Is Handing China a Golden Opportunity on Climate
The Atlantic
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November 11, 2024
In what will probably be the warmest year in recorded history, in a month in which all but two U.S. states are in a drought, and on a day when yet another hurricane was forming in the Caribbean, Donald Trump, a climate denier with a thirst for oil...
World leaders will gather for climate talks this week, but will COP29 deliver action for the Pacific?
Island Times
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November 12, 2024
By Scott Waide for Politok (ABC-Australia) For decades, Pacific countries have been mere recipients of climate change policies and decisions, detached from the realities affecting families and communities. Some of those decisions have left many...