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COP29's venue buzzed with cultural displays as countries set up pavilions offering unique experiences. Delegates and visitors lined up to sample free beverages, watch dance performances, and engage in virtual reality games.
COP29's venue buzzed with cultural displays as countries set up pavilions offering unique experiences. Delegates and visitors lined up to sample free beverages, watch dance performances, and engage in virtual reality games.
Azerbaijan’s pavilion featured traditional tea served by staff in cultural attire, while Portugal’s stand offered a virtual surfing experience, adding a festive touch to the otherwise intense summit atmosphere.
However, behind the cultural celebrations, key negotiations on climate finance are continuing. A central focus of COP29 is whether wealthier nations, development lenders, and the private sector can agree on a new annual target to help developing countries finance their transition to greener energy and adapt to climate change.
Despite these discussions being critical to the summit’s success, progress is slow, with significant disagreements still lingering. EU officials expressed concern that negotiations were "way off" from reaching an agreement on the financial commitments needed.
Meanwhile, activists outside the venue staged protests, demanding that developed nations increase their financial support for poorer countries struggling to address the impacts of climate change.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
Azerbaijan is stepping up its renewable energy ambitions with plans to develop eight new solar and wind plants by 2027, backed by $2.8 billion in investment and aimed at exceeding its 2030 climate targets ahead of schedule.
On the second day of Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW), attention centred on strengthening international cooperation, accelerating the transition to clean energy, and ensuring a fair and inclusive approach.
Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed Hong Kong with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday.
When Climate Week kicks off in New York City on Sunday (21 September), it will mark the largest event of its kind yet, with organisers reporting a record number of companies participating and more events than ever before.
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