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Participating world leaders and delegates pose for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 12, 2024. Alexander NEMENOV / AFP

Did COP29 deliver real climate solutions?

The world needed to agree on how much rich nations would pay poorer nations for climate financing. After a walkout in Baku, delegates agreed on a figure that was cheered by some and derided by others.

Nazareth Seferian 27 November 2024
Remains of destroyed houses are seen almost one month after Hurricane Ian landfall in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

Hurricanes and Floods Bring $120 Billion in Insurance Losses in 2022

Hurricane Ian in the United States and floods and Australia helped to make 2022 one of the costliest years on record for natural disasters, Munich Re said on Tuesday, warning that climate change was…

09 January 2023
Activists place washing machines in front of the Deutsche Bank headquarters to protest against greenwashing during Deutsche Bank AG Annual Shareholders Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Heiko Becker

Pace of New Climate, Sustainable Business Rules Will Not Let Up

The past year was the busiest ever for climate and sustainability rulemaking, with no let up expected in 2023 as policymakers tighten the net around flaky or fraudulent corporate behavior. From…

20 December 2022
A recently hatched American Coot chick sits in a nest in the Willard Spur Waterfowl Management Area near Willard, in Utah, U.S., June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino

Billions Needed To Deliver COP15 Nature Deal But Funds To Biodiversity Miniscule

Climate conscious investors have channeled billions of dollars into clean energy but investment flows into protecting and better managing the world's ecosystems remain minute by comparison. This…

19 December 2022
FILE - Homes are surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Aug. 30, 2022. This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain, File)

New Abnormal: Climate Disaster Damage ‘Down’ To $268 Billion

This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered…

AP 09 December 2022
A view of a logo of the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

At COP27 Climate Talks, Slow Progress Stokes Worry Over Final Deal

One week into this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting to flare as negotiators worried about resolving myriad details in time for a deal by the summit's scheduled close on…

13 November 2022
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, center right, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, center left, leave after a group photo at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

COP27: UN Chief Tells Climate Summit, Cooperate or Perish

With the world on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,″ the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to ”cooperate or perish,” on avoiding further climate…

AP 07 November 2022
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