ISTANBUL (AA)- Biden administration has unveiled a new nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, targeting an ambitious 61-66% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2035. The announcement, which came a month before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, underscores the current US administration...
A congressional report warns the climate crisis is significantly endangering the U.S. housing and insurance sectors. With 2023 on track as the hottest year on record and disasters exceeding $1 billion in losses, the report highlights skyrocketing insurance premiums and growing uninsurability in high-risk states such as Florida and California. ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – After two weeks of tense negotiations, COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, concluded with an agreement on a new climate finance target: $300 billion annually by 2035. Despite the agreement, many developing nations, including Cuba and India, slammed the $300 billion annual pledge, calling it “too little, too late.” ...
President Joe Biden has urged world leaders to address worldwide hunger and poverty as global crises worsen. Addressing the G20 summit in Brazil this week, the president said Washington has invested $160 billion in global development since he assumed office Biden said global crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, spiraling wars and increasing...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the developed countries to fulfill their financial commitments made during the COP27 and COP 28. Addressing the UN Climate Change Conference COP29 in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, Sharif said that financial support should be grant based for developing countries. “I str...
LONDON (AA) – The climate financing needs of low and middle-income countries, which are projected to exceed $2 trillion per year by 2030, are among the key topics at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) which began Monday in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku. COP29, which runs until Nov. 22, will be a platform for discussing […]...
As COP29 begins in Baku, experts highlight that its success hinges on whether countries can unite for meaningful commitments, despite uncertainty introduced by Donald Trump’s potential reelection MNTV DESK BAKU, Azerbaijan (MNTV) – As the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) officially opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, o...
ISTANBUL (AA) – COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev has said that the UN’s environmental program shows that current policies implemented across the globe will result in global warming of 3 degrees Celsius. “We must be totally honest. The UN Environment Program shows that current policies are leading us to 3 degrees Celsius of warming,” Babay...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN has called on global leaders to prioritize climate action and financial reform, emphasizing the economic and human cost of inaction. “An ambitious climate finance goal is not charity—it’s self-interest for every nation,” Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
ISTANBUL (AA) — The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commenced in Baku on Monday, bringing together world leaders, policymakers, and activists with a renewed commitment to addressing intensifying climate crises. Running until Nov. 22, the event will focus on global warming, climat...
