Busan, 25 November 2024 – The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5), opened today in Busan, Republic of Korea. The session aims to conclude negotiations and finalize the text of the agreement. The session, which takes place from 25 November to …
By 2035, the world’s poorest countries will receive US$1.3 trillion a year to protect the climate. Photo: Jakub Porz Participants in the 29th session of the UN Climate Change Conference agreed on the night of Sunday, November 24, to increase climate aid to poor countries. By 2035, the amount of funds annually allocated for these purposes by industrialized countries should …
Financing the fight against climate change is the central issue of the COP summit in Baku. And there are already results, according to Azerbaijan. Protecting the planet costs money. At the UN climate conference in Baku, international financial institutions agreed to increase investments in the fight against climate change from $75 billion to $170 billion a year. …
Climate-friendly tourism has become a UN goal for the first time. Hotel industry representatives will record data on emissions and water and energy consumption. More than 50 countries participating in the UN Climate Change Conference in the Azerbaijani capital Baku have committed to promoting climate-friendly tourism. UN World Tourism Organization Executive Director Zorica Urosevich, speaking to reporters …
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COP29 gets boost from Rio as G20 leaders back scaling up climate finance from ‘billions to trillions’ UNFCCC/Kiara Worth Midway point press conference in Baku on Monday, 18 November, with COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev (far left), and the Executive Director of UN Climate Change, Simon Stiell (second from left). 19 November 2024 Climate and Environment The …
There are high hopes that artificial intelligence (AI) can help tackle some of the world’s biggest environmental emergencies. Among other things, the technology is already being used to map the destructive dredging of sand and chart emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But when it comes to the environment, there is a negative side to the explosion of …
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Dilovarsho Dustzoda: Each Central Asian country faces distinct climate change risks “Each Central Asian country faces distinct climate change risks, such as droughts and floods in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, severe weather events in Kyrgyzstan, and glacier retreat in Tajikistan, underscoring the urgent need for tailored adaptation strategies and enhanced regional collaboration to mitigate these vulnerabilities,” …
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The International Youth Network was launched on the sidelines of COP29 13.11.2024 | 18:45 | 179 On November 12, as part of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that opened in Baku, it was held an event to launch the …
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He turned to multilateral development banks. Mukhtar Babaev Photo: ARA The current UN Climate Change Conference is being called the “financial COP” because for the first time in 15 years it will consider the volume and structure of financing for developing countries to support measures to combat climate change, Asia-Plus correspondent reports from Baku. “We …
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World leaders will gather next week in Baku, Azerbaijan for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP29, where they are expected to discuss how to channel billions of dollars to developing countries grappling with the climate crisis. The gathering is being billed as the “finance COP,” with leaders slated to explore how to …
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