Following the successful hosting of COP29 in Baku in November 2024, Azerbaijan has emerged as a pivotal player in shaping the ...

Google has signed an agreement with Chile to build an undersea fiber optic cable connecting South America with Asia and ...

"Parties must remember that the clock is ticking," COP29 Lead Negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev told a news conference. The previous annual finance goal of $100 billion expires this year. But wealthy ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. COP29 lacked significant commitments to tackle heavy industry's 30% of global emissions Investments must reach final ...

As the world prepares for COP30 in Brazil, we speak to COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev about climate finance, political ...

A finance deal reached at the COP29 summit to help poorer countries tackle climate change has been bitterly criticised, climate activists are calling for more action Days of negotiations in ...

That impasse made this year’s conference, COP29, one of the most difficult U.N. negotiations since the 2015 Paris Agreement, when the world finally set a numerical target for limiting global ...

Greenhouse gas methane is behind a third of planetary heating and is relatively easy to slash. The tools to cut methane exist but so does a gap between pledges on methane reduction and action, says a ...

Leaders attending the 29th Conference of the Parties on Climate (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 12, 2024. PETER DEJONG / AP It was a stark tableau: testimonials about climate change's ...

The UK’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, tells the COP29 climate conference he is committed to a more "ambitious" climate goal for the UK - an 81% emissions cut by 2035 Is the UK’s 81% ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

At COP29, over 50 governments pledged to make tourism climate-friendly, addressing its significant environmental impact.