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Delegates at COP29 in Baku push for consensus on climate finance targets, with calls for urgent action to address the global climate crisis as negotiations intensify.
BAKU (Reuters) - Country delegates at COP29 met for a plenary Saturday night to agree on some aspects of this year's negotiations, while their teams continued to work on the summit's centerpiece topic: agreeing a new target for annual climate finance.
Here are some of the comments made during the plenary.
AZERBAIJAN'S COP29 PRESIDENT MUKHTAR BABAYEV:
"We have all been working very hard over the past two weeks, and I know that none of us want to leave Baku without a good outcome on our key deliverable. The eyes of the world are rather focused on us. However, time is not on our side, and I ask you to now step up your engagement with one another, to bridge the remaining divide."
BRAZIL'S MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE MARINA SILVA, speaking via a translator:
"After the difficult experience that we're having here in Baku, we need to reach some result, some outcome which is minimally acceptable in line with the emergency we are facing."
"Societies demand that first and foremost we need to realign with the sense of … urgency and responsibility."
"We are the frontline that will save humanity from much suffering and will guarantee life on the planet."
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.
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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.
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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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