2 hours ago UN climate summit set to go into overtime as talks stall over finance deal

Frustrations intensified at Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where countries are polarised over a deal on paying poorer nations climate finance.

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4 hours ago Cop 29 live: Poor countries may have to compromise on climate funding, says former UN envoy

Negotiations continue amid disputes over climate finance goals and previous commitments on transitioning from fossil fuelsHopes of a breakthrough at the deadlocked UN climate talks have been dashed after a new draft of a possible deal was condemned by rich and poor countries, write Guardian reporters in Baku.Faith in the ability of the Azerbaijan presidency to produce a deal ebbed on Thursday morning, as the draft texts were criticised as inadequate and providing no “landing ground” for a compromise. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago In a board game, climate experts work to save the world, which diplomats at COP29 try in real life

While diplomats negotiated at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan, climate experts played a board game where players are supposed to work together to combat global warming

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22 hours ago Cop29 live: UK climate minister says world cannot afford for talks to fail

Ed Miliband said the draft text risked talks taking a backward step as a deadline looms for a climate finance dealMy colleague Patrick Greenfield is following the plenary where countries give their formal response to the draft text.Cop29 president Mukhtar Babayev gets the plenary started. He asks countries to give their thoughts on the latest iterations of text to inform future versions. He says that with collective effort, he believes that the summit can be finished by 6pm tomorrow. Continue reading...

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22 hours ago UN chief tells countries to ‘soften hard lines’ amid deadlock in climate talks

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said ‘failure is not an option’ as countries remain deeply divided and the clock ticks down at Cop29.

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