COP29: New climate finance goal proposal offers $250 bln by 2035
A new climate finance goal of $250 billion by 2035 was proposed in a draft presidency text published on Friday at COP29, falling well below the $1.3 trillion figure requested by developing nations, while provisions that would encourage carbon markets were deleted.
Read MoreCOP29: Roundup for Day 12 – Nov. 22
It is Day 12 at COP29 in Baku – the final scheduled day in Baku. New texts on climate finance and Article 6, as well as other streams, are expected to drop from midday, though the state of play on the NCQG is that the goal appears to be in disarray. This in turn is threatening a previously-expected deal on carbon markets. Buckle up! In our daily running blog, Carbon Pulse will report relevant or useful updates throughout the day. Timestamps are in local time (GMT+4).
Read MoreCOP29: Backslide in Baku as 1.5C wiped from mitigation text
A late-stage presidency text for the Mitigation Work Programme (MWP) has eliminated any mention of the Paris Agreement’s global warming limit goals, and repeated its exclusion of ‘fossil fuels’ or ‘renewables’ language, reversing course on last year’s landmark COP28 Global Stocktake (GST).
Read MoreCOP29: German govt announces over €1 bln in annual biodiversity funding
Germany plans to ringfence an annual €1.1 billion to fund biodiversity conservation starting next year, a government official announced at the ongoing COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan.
Read MoreCOP29: UK commits over £200 mln to support international forest carbon markets
The UK has pledged to commit £239 million in funding to support forest-rich nations worldwide conserve nature and biodiversity through the development of voluntary carbon markets, the government announced on the sidelines of COP29 on Friday.
Read MoreCOP29: North-South alliance with Group of Negative Emitters launched
An alliance of carbon neutral likeminded nations keeps growing at the COP29 UN climate summit, as the group brought the Global North and South together on Thursday.
Read MoreCOP29: Roundup for Day 11 – Nov. 21
It is Day 11 at COP29 in Baku – Nature Day. New texts on climate finance and Article 6 dropped first thing this morning in Baku, with parties and negotiating blocs scrambling to pressers to share their views, as side events at country pavilions begin to wrap up. In our daily running blog, Carbon Pulse will report relevant or useful updates throughout the day. Timestamps are in local time (GMT+4).
Read MoreCOP29: ‘Empty place-holder’ – Countries under pressure to set climate finance goal, amid worry and dismay
The COP29 global climate summit enters its last day on Friday amid widespread frustration surrounding negotiations over a new global climate finance target, as a headline sum is yet to emerge.
Read MoreCOP29: Business coalition calls for clear commitment to transition away from fossil fuels
More than 260 companies have signed a letter outlining what is needed to expedite the shift away from fossil fuels, urging negotiators to tighten up texts at the COP29 global climate summit, underlining that policy clarity is crucial for private sector support.
Read MoreCOP29: Oil companies lobbying at climate negotiations tied to 17 mln deaths since Paris, NGO says
Fossil fuel companies that have sent lobbyists to COP summits produced enough oil and gas since the 2015 Paris Agreement to cause 17 million heat deaths, according to new analysis released on Thursday.
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