COP29 Bulletin Day 10: Draft finance text missing numbers, more effort sought on emissions-cutting
The draft text outlines two very different options on the post-2025 goal for finance for developing nations, leaving out amounts
India, donor countries give up on Just Energy Transition Partnership – German official
Germany officials confirmed India and donor countries dropped a deal to accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuels in the South Asian country
COP29 Bulletin Day 9: Developing nations deride “$200bn” finance rumour
Emerging economies reject an informal number being floated for government provision under the new goal and say they won’t join the donor pool
Coalition against fossil fuel subsidies expands but misses initial targets
The UK, Colombia and New Zealand have joined an alliance of governments planning to scrap their fossil fuel subsidies
COP29 Bulletin Day 8: G20 backs new climate finance goal but ignores fossil fuels
G20 leaders “commit to successful negotiations in Baku”, including on climate finance, but promise little else to unblock fraught talks
Fossil fuel transition talks rescued from brink of collapse at COP29
Countries now have a second chance in Baku to build consensus on how to cut emissions and transition away from fossil fuels
COP29 Bulletin Day 7: Emissions-cutting talks resurrected and G20 nudge on finance
COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev says the summit “cannot be silent on mitigation” as countries split on where to discuss the energy transition
COP29 Bulletin Day 6: Climate march tamed and gender talks gridlocked
Campaigners hold a quiet, static protest – and observers say human rights language and finance are tripping up the COP29 gender negotiations
Adaptation Fund head laments “puzzling” lack of pledges at COP29
Even as leaders highlight the urgency of protecting people from more extreme weather and rising seas, they have been reluctant to pay up at COP29 for the measures needed
COP29 Bulletin Day 5: Pressure to clean up COPs and shortfall in adaptation pledges
Top scientists and former UN chiefs call for fossil fuel-supporting nations to be excluded as COP hosts, while Adaptation Fund struggles for cash
COP29 host Azerbaijan shelves fossil-fuelled climate fund
Baku postponed the planned launch of a voluntary fund with contributions from fossil fuel producers after getting “tangled up” with official UN negotiations
COP29 Bulletin Day 4: Azerbaijan’s climate fund on ice and Europe hits back at Aliyev criticism
Azerbaijan postpones the launch of a controversial climate fund and gets embroiled in a diplomatic spat with the EU
COP29 Bulletin Day 3: Finance text balloons and Brazil presents new NDC
Co-chairs asked to streamline all-options text on finance goal and Brazil bets on forests and biofuels to reach 2035 emissions goal
COP29 Bulletin Day 2: Aliyev defends fossil fuels, G77 unites on finance goal
Azerbaijan’s president repeats his claim that oil and gas are a “gift from the god” before the UN chief says “doubling down on fossil fuels is absurd”
COP29 Bulletin Day 1: Carbon market rules adopted, US reassures on emissions
UN climate summit kicks off in Baku, with governments approving carbon market rules and US climate envoy saying emissions to keep falling
Rich nations “on track” to double adaptation finance but huge gap persists
While adaptation funding jumped by about a quarter in 2022, a large share came as loans rather than grants, adding to developing-nations’ debt burdens
UAE kicks off new global round of UN climate plans
COP28 host nation claims the plan is compatible with a 1.5C warming limit, but campaigners disagree, saying it does not commit to cutting oil and gas production
Emerging economies set up COP29 agenda fight over trade measures
The BASIC group led by China wants “unilateral restrictive trade measures” on the COP29 agenda
COP16 hands power to Indigenous people but fails to bridge nature finance gap
UN biodiversity summit produces mixed results, with gains for Indigenous people and disagreement on how to raise and manage funding for nature protection
Colombia to present proposal for new critical minerals pact at COP30
The aim is for minerals used in the clean energy transition to be mined and commercialised responsibly, respecting the environment and communities