UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts

UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts
Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a 'gift of God'
COP29: UN climate conference has become ‘broken’ and ‘unrealistic,’ ‘not fit for purpose’
Academics, scientists, and global climate leaders are now warning that the annual UN climate conference is no longer the leading forum to tackle climate change.
UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts
Former senior UN officials say climate talks ‘simply cannot deliver the change’ at the pace we need in open letter
UN climate talks haven't improved Earth's climate prognosis in 3 years
For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday.
Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing
Earth remains on a path to be 2.7 degrees Celsius (4.9 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than pre-industrial times, according to Climate Action Tracker.
UN climate summits 'no longer fit for purpose', says key experts
This year's United Nations’ COP climate talks in Azerbaijan is facing criticism from former leaders and environmental campaigners.
COP29 Meeting Deemed “No Longer Fit For Purpose” By Experts
Leading experts, including a former UN secretary-general and climate chief, assert that the United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and urgently require reform. In a letter written to the UN,
At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.
Host of the COP29 Climate Talks Is Raining on His Own Parade
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Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.
At last year’s climate conference in the United Arab Emirates, 22 countries pledged, for the first time, to triple the ...
Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks.
COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries
Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's ...
Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?
This week, nations are hashing out new goals for climate finance at the COP29 talks. Loss and damage is finally on the agenda ...
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Report: Nitrous oxide rapidly accelerating climate change, damaging ozone layer
A new report has shows that nitrous oxide (N₂O), a potent greenhouse gas, is rapidly accelerating climate change and damaging ...
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The question bringing COP29 to a halt: Who’s rich enough to pay for climate change?
The world’s governments have come to the United Nations’ climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, deadlocked on one ugly question.
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Q&A: The Heat Is On. Why Worry About Climate Change?
The U.N. Conference on Climate Change kicked off this week, and a UVA professor explains why warming temperatures are ...
After missing school due to extreme heat, African children push for climate action
Children from East Africa, where heatwaves and floods have shuttered schools in recent months, are pushing for world leaders ...
Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?
The United States foreign food aid program can be a big help when extreme weather fueled by climate change hammers ...
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Can Trump derail our fight against climate change?
IN the realm of global climate policy, the leadership of the United States holds significant sway, given its status as the ...