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Climate activists attend a protest at the United Nations Climate Change Conference Cop29 in Azerbaijan on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Cop29 talks drag as poor nations reject US$250 billion offer from rich ones

A group of 134 developing states, including China, had demanded at least US$500 billion to help build resilience against climate change.

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Open Questions | Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

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Recap | Lula pushes action at G20, Asia’s rice revolution: 6 climate stories

G20 ends with call for urgent action on climate, global health, women’s rights

‘We only scratched the surface of the deep challenges the world has to face,’ Brazilian host says as gathering of world leaders concludes.

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In closing remarks, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva touted his country’s record on addressing climate change and urged others to follow suit. Photo: AFP

Opinion | US must be consistent to reclaim climate leadership role from China

As China emerges as a climate leader, the US can still be a reliable partner by staying in global agreements and making progress at home.

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My Take | Is China ready to lead the way on fighting climate change after Trump’s return?

Beijing is under pressure to fill the leadership vacuum, but the world’s largest carbon emitter is resisting calls to provide more funding.

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Opinion | On climate finance, China is only guilty of being too modest

While China must do better in making clear its climate leadership, the rest of the world should stop looking for scapegoats and start paying up.

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Huang Runqiu, minister of ecology and environment, speaks at a session at the China Pavilion during the Cop29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 15. Photo: AP

UN chief urges G20 ‘leadership’ on stalled climate talks

Antonio Guterres said the spotlight was on G20 countries, which account for 80 per cent of global emissions.

Biden becomes first sitting US president to visit Amazon rainforest

US president flew over the jungle in a helicopter and met with Indigenous leaders, before heading to the G20 summit in Rio.

World watches Rio for G20 climate talks breakthrough

Negotiators at UN talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world’s 20 major economies can break.

Giant portraits of (left to right) US President Joe Biden, China’s President Xi Jinping, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, submerged by indigenous people to protest the lack of leadership among the world’s richest nations on addressing the anthropogenic climate and biodiversity crisis, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday.

Apec statement calls for enhanced free trade, climate action

Leaders statement on comes despite deep scepticism on trade from incoming US president-elect Trump.

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Top row (L-R): Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Papua New Guinea’s Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Taiwan’s APEC representative Lin Hsin-i, Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, US President Joe Biden, Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong. Bottom row (L-R): Chile’s President Gabriel Boric, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Peru’s President Dina Boluarte, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim pose for a family photo at the Apec summit in Lima, Peru, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | As China-Japan climate action grows, Tokyo must rethink LNG push in Asia

Japan’s progress in shrinking its domestic carbon footprint is being offset by its aggressive LNG development drive in South and Southeast Asia.

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Letters | Conflict of interest should have ruled out Azerbaijan as Cop29 host

Readers discuss protecting the legitimacy of the COP climate talks, how a hit film is tapping Hong Kong’s rich traditions and the sales of phone subscriptions to foreign domestic workers.

Shanghai is world’s most polluting city, says new data revealed at Cop29

While the Chinese city was found to be worse than all of Colombia or Norway, a site in Texas ‘is the worst polluting site in the entire world’.

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A man rides a bicycle near a power station in Shanghai. File photo: AFP

Outside In | ‘Trump-proofing’ is distracting the world from far graver challenges

From G20 and Apec to the WTO and Nato, global cooperation on climate, security and open trade and investment must be quickly restored.

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Donald Trump arrives at an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Centre in Florida on November 6. Photo: TNS

UN urged to ban Cop climate talks in pro-fossil fuel countries

Prominent figures make appeal to the United Nations as Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producer, hosts Cop29.

Cop29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil

The UN climate talks are in disarray after a French minister cancelled her trip and Argentina withdrew its delegation.

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Cop29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defence of oil and gas

He singled out the US, the world’s largest historic carbon emitter, and the EU for particular criticism, accusing them of double standards.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev speaks at the opening ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference Cop9 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Can China fill the void left by Trump’s ‘Drill, baby, drill’ stance at Cop29?

‘China is in a comfortable position to portray itself as the more responsible global power’ even without any new commitments, analyst says.

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Cop29 climate talks open with call for cooperation after Trump win

Delegates fret over future US commitment as two-week Cop29 climate summit starts in Baku.

Cop29: Hong Kong environment minister to attend UN climate change summit

Tse Chin-wan will link up with Chinese delegation, while former head of city’s weather forecaster warns over rising temperatures.

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Climate negotiators and observers will descend on Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, for the global summit which runs between November 11 and 22. Photo: Reuters

Less stranger danger, but Asia will still pay for Trump’s return

Trade, US support in the region and climate issues hang in the balance as Trump looks to advance US interests ‘with additional gusto’, analysts say.

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Donald Trump’s return to the White House signals that America’s experiment with isolation is in fact a long-term directional change. Photo: TNS

China, US officials set to talk climate change amid fears over Trump’s policies

Ahead of Cop 29 in Azerbaijan, policymakers fret that the once and future president could stall efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Trump win worries global partners ahead of COP29 climate summit

Trump has called climate change a hoax, plans to withdraw the US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement at the start of his second presidency.

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Opinion | How do Central Asian countries see China’s Belt and Road Initiative?

As Central Asian nations diversify away from Russia, it’s not a given that China or the EU will become dominant powers in the region.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of State Council summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September16, 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE

China urges US to hold line on climate policy, regardless of election outcome

Senior Beijing climate change official Xia Yingxian says he hopes US will continue to work with other nations to implement Paris Agreement.

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The outcome of Tuesday’s US presidential election will determine American climate policy and how much the US and China will work together to meet global climate goals. Photo: AP

Opinion | Cop29 is Azerbaijan’s moment to step into the global sunshine

The UN climate conference will shine a spotlight on the major oil producer’s energy transition, peace efforts with Armenia and geocritical location.

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Why China’s methane emission plan is becoming a key focus for the US

Methane has a warming power 80 times stronger than that of carbon dioxide on a 20-year timescale.

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Climate change diplomacy
Latest news and analysis about how different governments engage with each other over environmental policies, including competition, collaboration and negotiations.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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