A key negotiator for small island nations on the frontline of global climate breakdown and sea level rise expressed frustration today at an apparent lack of willingness for rich countries to make a bigger commitment to help.
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The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN climate chief have said.
In a letter to the UN, senior figures say countries should (...)
The largest coral ever recorded has been found by scientists in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
The mega coral — which is a collection of many connected, tiny creatures that together form one organism rather than a reef — could be more than 300 years (...)
Argentine delegates at the COP29 United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, have been ordered to withdraw from negotiations and return home, according to a source at the country's foreign ministry.
The delegates took part in the first two (...)
BAKU — Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed a joint executive program with the energy ministers of Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to enhance cooperation in the fields of developing and transferring renewable energy.
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The president of COP29's host country has told the UN climate conference that oil and gas are a "gift of God".
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev criticized "Western fake news" about the country's emissions and said nations "should not be blamed" (...)
BAKU — Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman is leading Saudi Arabia's delegation participating in the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), currently being held in the (...)
The world is already becoming dangerously overheated, and climate change is accelerating, says the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), as the COP29 UN Climate Summit kicked off in Azerbaijan's capital city Baku on Monday.
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The US will still continue fighting climate change and curbing its emissions of planet-warming gases despite the election of Donald Trump, the US special envoy told the COP29 conference on its opening day.
John Podesta, a Biden administration (...)
The Taliban will attend a UN climate conference for the first time since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the environment agency said on Sunday.
The conference, known as COP29, begins on Monday in Azerbaijan and is one of the most important (...)
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will commence in the Azerbaijani capital Baku on Monday, bringing global leaders together to tackle the worsening climate crisis.
The conference, which will (...)
Britain and the US have reiterated their "unwavering support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity" in a joint statement released on Saturday.
This affirmation followed the UK-U.S. Strategic Dialogue, where British (...)
Azerbaijan and Armenia have made significant progress in peace negotiations, with nearly 80% of the peace treaty text already agreed upon, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Friday.
Speaking at an international forum in Cernobbio, Italy, (...)
Azerbaijan's ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), led by President Ilham Aliyev, secured the most seats in Sunday's parliamentary elections, according to initial results announced by Central Election Commission Chairman Mezahir Panahov.
YAP won 68 (...)
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed an agreement on Friday regulating the joint work of their border delimitation commissions, according to the Armenian Foreign Ministry.
The ministry stated that both countries are now conducting internal procedures to (...)
An air ambulance evacuated a Saudi citizen injured in a traffic accident from Baku to the Kingdom to complete her treatment.
The evacuation, coordinated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's embassy in Azerbaijan, aligns with the Saudi government's (...)
BAKU — Saudi Arabia has provided over $129 billion in aid to 169 countries worldwide since 1996, the Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah said.
Al Rabeeah, emphasized that Saudi (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman met with Azerbaijani Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev in Jeddah.
Babayev is also the president of the 29th Conference of States Parties to the United Nations (...)
Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, ice cover and glacier retreat, a new global report issued by the UN weather agency (WMO) on Tuesday shows.
Heatwaves, (...)
Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to a prisoner exchange, and to work towards normalizing ties and a peace deal to a decades-long conflict — a move the United States and European Union have welcomed.
Azerbaijan will release 32 prisoners of war to (...)
BAKU — Saudi Arabia's Control and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) and Azerbaijan's Public Prosecution have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of combating corruption and enhancing joint cooperation.
The MoU was signed in Baku (...)
Priming cities to become drivers of economic growth and recovery in the aftermath of crises such as conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic is the focus of World Habitat Day, observed on Monday.
Global economic growth is declining to about 2.5 percent (...)
A growing stream of ethnic Armenian refugees are fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan's seizure of the disputed region last week.
More than 3,000 people have so far crossed into Armenia from the enclave, which is home to a majority of some (...)
The first group of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia, days after the enclave was seized by Azerbaijan.
They entered shortly after local officials announced plans to move those made homeless by the fighting.
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It took just 24 hours for Azerbaijan's military to force the surrender of an enclave that is home to 120,000 ethnic Armenians.
What happens next to the men, women and children in this corner of the South Caucasus is a source of increasing (...)
