Tracking COP
Eco-Business reports on the world’s biggest climate conference where negotiators and leaders convene at a critical moment for global transformative action to tackle an existential crisis.
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COP29 action plan thrusts climate finance to the fore
United Nations climate summit president Mukhtar Babayev highlights the new climate finance target as top priority for the November talks. Will Azerbaijan be able to get the dealmakers, including China, to agree on a price to pay to help developing countries adapt to climate change?
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Philippines to host ‘loss and damage’ fund board
The climate-vulnerable nation will host the global fund's board, while its secretariat will be hosted by the World Bank for the next four years.
News / Policy & Finance
Transforming COP: Is it time for the UN climate talks to downsize and change format?
The size of the world's largest climate summit is set to shrink as the UN navigates new logistical challenges. But beyond this, Eco-Business looks at what else must change for COP to ensure outcomes which will lead to real climate action.
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Pre-COP talks marred by ‘lengthy and unwieldy’ draft on new climate fund goal
The broad scope of the text could make it hard for countries to agree on a new climate fund target at COP29, say observers in Bonn.
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