Climate activists staged a demonstration at the UN's COP29 talks in Baku on Saturday, calling on the world leaders to "keep their promises" when it come to tackling planetary warming. Activists held up signs urging for promises to be kept and tied ribbons to ropes in tribute to a religious tradition called Cirio de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré in the north region of Brazil.

THE 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) has commenced in Baku, Azerbaijan, gathering global leaders for what could be a decisive moment in the fight against climate change. The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat,

The next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, is about to get underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. These annual meetings are the key international summits as the world attempts to address the unfolding climate crisis.

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 power of a soccer World Cup.

The latest round of global climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, has drawn in 60,000 delegates, including many from the worlds of business and finance. Below is a selection of the deals struck during the event.

Germany's leading climate activist on Monday called on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan. As COP29 talks began in Baku, Luisa Neubauer from the German chapter of the Fridays for Future organization asked Scholz to reconsider his decision to skip the meeting due to the ongoing political crisis in Berlin.

Italy's far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, stated at the UN climate conference in Baku that she does not intend to withdraw from the international fight against the climate crisis. "We must protect nature,