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The COP29 UN Climate Change Conference, held in Baku concluded with a landmark agreement to increase public climate finance for developing countries to $300 billion annually by 2035
The COP29 UN Climate Change Conference, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, concluded with a landmark agreement to increase public climate finance for developing countries to $300 billion annually by 2035. This forms part of a broader goal to scale up public and private funding to $1.3 trillion per year by the same date, under the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG).
Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, emphasized the significance of the deal: “This agreement is an insurance policy for humanity amid worsening climate impacts.” He called for commitments to be met promptly to protect lives and support the global transition to clean energy.
Key Outcomes
Carbon Markets: After years of negotiation, rules were finalized for carbon trading under the Paris Agreement, ensuring transparency, environmental integrity, and protections for Indigenous Peoples.
Transparency: Enhanced climate reporting advanced significantly, with new tools supporting the submission of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs).
Adaptation: A roadmap was adopted to accelerate National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), alongside initiatives to strengthen the role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Gender Equality: The Lima Work Programme on Gender and Climate Change was extended for 10 years, with a new gender action plan set for COP30.
Civil Society Participation: COP29 saw record attendance and meaningful engagement from children, youth, and marginalized communities.
While progress was celebrated, Stiell acknowledged unmet expectations and underscored the need for intensified efforts leading to COP30 in Brazil. The outcomes signal a step forward in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and addressing the climate crisis collaboratively.
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.
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.
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.
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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