After biological diversity and climate, it is now time for another UN top meeting. It is called the forgotten COP – which is to stop desertification. Now we see that it actually affects all countries on earth, says Andrea Meza Murillo at the UN agency responsible for the meeting.
SwedenThe Climate Summit in Baku had barely ended before the next global environmental meeting got underway. In Busan, South Korea, this week's focus is on plastic pollution, among other things, in the oceans. But the road to an agreement appears to be long.
SwedenSaudi Arabia was a brake pad in the climate negotiations at the UN top meeting in Baku. The country's representatives changed directly in the negotiating texts, blocked attempts to intensify emission reductions and did not respond when countries wanted to talk.
SwedenThe outcome of the climate summit jeopardizes the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees even further. We are in a situation where 1.5 degrees is very, very difficult to achieve, says climate policy researcher Mathias Fridahl.
SwedenRich countries should contribute more money to help poorer countries transition to cleaner energy and adapt to global warming. Here are the main points of the agreement reached at COP29 in Baku:
SwedenFor poor countries, a dark future with death and suffering awaits, says Panama's representative Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez after the COP29 agreement in Baku. The criticism from developing countries against the agreement is massive.
SwedenA significant part of the world's countries do not take their responsibility for climate work, according to Sweden's Climate Minister Romina Pourmokhtari (L), who expresses frustration after COP29 in Baku.
Swedish politicsThe Climate Summit COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has agreed on an agreement. Rich countries will pay 300 billion dollars per year to climate efforts in poorer countries – but many had hoped for much more. Pathetic. It's pitiful, says India's representative Chandni Raina.
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