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From Paris to Baku – lessons from COP29

The much-anticipated COP29 in Baku concluded with the ‘Baku Breakthrough, setting the stage for COP30 in Belem, Brazil. Let me build a longish context starting from COP21, the Paris Agreement,…

A ten-point agenda for COP29

As countries begin preparing for COP29, all states are looking to enhance their NDC (Nationally Determined Contributions) ambitions and report on progress at Baku in November. Developing countries, however, are…

COP28 to SB60

THE 60th session of the Subsidiary Bodies will take place from June 3-13, 2024, at the World Conference Centre Bonn. As the overall political progress on the road to COP29…

Can COP29 break the climate deadlock?

The forthcoming annual UN meeting on Climate Change (COP29), hosted by Azerbaijan in Baku on November 11-22 is being held amidst geopolitical, economic, and climatic upheaval. The Middle East situation…

COP29 journey

The stage is being set in Baku, Azerbaijan, to kick off COP29 from November 11 to November 22, 2024. Discussions will focus on global progress toward meeting the objectives of…

COP28 centrepiece

THIS year will mark a pivot shift from Paris to Dubai. The first Global Stock-take will provide a moment of reckoning and an opportunity for an honest reality check. Since…

Road to COP29

In the lead-up to COP29, climate finance has emerged as a cornerstone of global efforts to combat climate change, particularly as the world approaches the global annual moot of parties…

Children at climate risk

The 60th session of the Subsidiary Bodies on Implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is taking place from 3-13 June 2024 at the World Conference…

Sizing up climate negotiations

THE global climate year moves from one climate summit to the other. All 29 annual Conferences of the Parties, or COPs, have traditionally been held at the end of each…