Why it matters: New remarks by COP29 CEO Elnur Soltanov offer an early look at Azerbaijan's plans for the critical talks. What he's saying: "We believe that there is this fatigue, sometimes ...

As an official Observer Organization at COP29—the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan—Boston College sent a delegation whose members once again had a front-row seat to history ...

Meanwhile, Elnur Soltanov, the head of Azerbaijan's COP29 team, tried to strike gas deals, casting doubt on the country’s genuine commitment to meaningful emissions reductions. Already under ...

A group of key global development banks, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), issued a joint statement as the final stage of the first day of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit within the ...

Students presented their research posters at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, which also helped fund the delegation’s trip to COP29. Lexi Newsom , Reporter January 26, 2025 ...

COP29 comes at the close of a brutal year – a year seared by record temperatures, and scarred by climate disaster, all as emissions continue to rise. Finance has been priority number one.

writes AECOM's Robert Spencer With COP29 now in the rearview mirror, there are reasons for optimism and pessimism in near equal measure. One certain positive from the UN Climate Summit in ...

This year’s annual United Nations (U.N.) climate summit to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), or COP29, will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11 – 22, 2024. Mercy ...

In the context of the For Our Planet campaign, the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan is organizing a photo competition to raise awareness about the protection of natural resources and strategies for climate ...

BAKU, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijan on Friday concluded the Pre-COP29 climate conference in Baku, where officials from around the world gathered to push forward negotiations on key issues ahead ...