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 ...

COP29 negotiators significantly reduced the climate finance goal, leading to outrage from developing nations. Key climate issues were delayed due to the use of Rule 16, pushing discussions to next ...

COP29 secured a $300 billion annual climate finance pledge from wealthy nations, but this falls significantly short of the $1.3 trillion needed annually by emerging economies. Methane reduction ...

Agreements made at COP29 fell short of the ambition and focus needed to fully address the impacts of climate change on health and maximize the benefits of action, according to experts from the London ...

A protest in Baku, Azerbaijan during COP29 in November 2024. Sean Gallup/Getty Images The African bloc of government leaders went into COP29 with a finance demand of US$1.3 trillion per year to be ...

(Berlin) – Governments participating in the 29th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) should urgently commit to drastically reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, including by ...

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, ...

Alice C. Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Priyanka Mahat is a CFR research associate for climate change policy. COP29 ...

At the Pacific Island nations exhibition stand, I spoke to Gabby, who is 15 and travelled here from her home in Vanuatu. She told me how schools can be shut for months or knocked down in cyclones.