This year’s conference was centered on reaching a New Collective Qualified Goal, or NCQG, on climate finance to replace the $100 billion annual target set out in 2009 in Copenhagen. The need to do so ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the global energy transition and net-zero emissions. COP29 brought together heads of state and other leaders, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Helping you to understand and thrive in our changing world With global temperatures nearing 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels this ...

Badged as “The Finance COP”, the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29) has drawn mixed reactions to its climate finance deal. However, the recognition of the role for both the private sector ...

11 November 2024 — Following another year of record-high global heat and extreme weather events, UN climate chief Simon Stiell told negotiators at COP29 in Baku that setting an ambitious new climate ...

Three months after their return from COP29—the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also referred to as the Conference of the Parties—members of the Boston College delegation will share their ...

Twelve Northwestern students attended the annual Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP29, to conduct research. The delegation presented their findings at a ...

Islands of agreement cannot disguise a rising sea of disappointment, piling pressure on COP30 to restore a spirit of multilateralism. Set against a backdrop of geopolitical instability and political ...

2 December 2024 - The SDG Pavilion organized by UN DESA on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference has become an annual stop for many interested in climate and SDG synergies. We spoke with ...

Kudakwashe Manjonjo works for a think tank called Power Shift Africa. He receives funding from the University of Witwatersrand where he is affiliated as a PhD Fellow under the Southern Centre for ...

Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control As curtains came down on the extended COP29 summit in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku in the early hours of November 24, participants and ...

An attendee sits on a sign for the U.N. COP29 Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 23, 2024 (AP photo by Sergei Grits). This year’s conference was centered on reaching a New Collective ...