World Nov 18 ‘Cut the theatrics.’ Climate negotiators urged to get down to business at COP29 in Baku United Nations climate talks resumed Monday with negotiators urged to make progress on a stalled-out deal that could see developing countries get more money to spend on clean energy and adapting to climate-charged weather extremes.
World Nov 15 Former climate officials call for ‘fundamental overhaul’ of UN climate conference The conference’s chief negotiator said current talks — aimed at striking a multi-hundred billion dollar deal on financing a transition to clean energy and adapting to climate change — were going too slowly.
World Nov 13 Big and small nations bear witness to climate change at annual UN conference The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.
World Nov 12 Leaders of the world’s biggest polluters are skipping UN climate talks The climate talks often have the star power of a soccer World Cup, but many big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent. That includes the top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting countries.
World Nov 11 Afghanistan sends delegation to U.N. climate talks for 1st time since Taliban’s return to power Matuil Haq Khalis, who's head of the country’s environment protection agency, told The Associated Press that Afghanistan needs international support to deal with extreme weather like erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts and flash floods.
World Nov 11 COP29 opens with calls for a path away from the climate ‘road to ruin.’ But the real focus is money COP29 got right to the major focus of striking a new deal on how many hundreds of billions — or even trillions — of dollars a year will flow from rich nations to poor to try to curb and adapt…
World Jul 24 After Earth’s hottest day recorded on Sunday, Monday breaks new record Copernicus' preliminary data shows the global average temperature Monday was 17.15 degrees Celsius, or 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit, which beats Sunday's record by 0.06 degrees Celsius.
World Jul 04 India likely undercounts heat-related deaths, tempering its response, officials say The worry, public health officials say, is that undercounting the deaths means the heat wave problem isn't as prioritized as it should be, and officials are missing out on ways to prepare their residents for the scorching temperatures.
World May 08 Extreme weather wreaks havoc around the world Environmental extremes accelerate as flooding and heatwaves occur more often. Scientists anticipated extreme weather disasters this year.
World Jan 05 Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns Azerbaijan's ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year. That's prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company in a major oil-producing nation.