When I first visited Azerbaijan this spring, one fixture of the Baku skyline was unmissable. The bright orange of flaring…
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In response to Ashish Ghadiali’s story last week (“Yes, there is a lot of greenwashing, but Cop summits are our…
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The UK has increased its contribution to the World Bank, in a move that will boost prospects for climate finance.…
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At around 3 am on Sunday morning, in a drained plenary, the gavel slammed to bring COP29 to a close.…
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The UK will seek a global coalition to push for climate action after a fractious end to UN climate talks…
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A failure to factor in inflation means the $300bn (£240bn) climate finance deal agreed at Cop29 is not the tripling…
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The climate crisis is all around us. And the world is not moving nearly fast enough. In that context, the…
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Nine years after the Paris agreement, and after 11 months of multilateral diplomacy and two weeks of the most intense…
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Good morning. Cop29 in Baku finally finished at 5.31am local time yesterday, more than 35 hours after it was due…
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Cop29 in Baku has concluded but its outcome is disappointing – in many dimensions. Its decisions on finance – agreeing…
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