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The start of global climate negotiations were shadowed by Trump’s reelection
As many as 60 countries and organisations will gather at UN’s Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan this month to discuss new targets to combat climate change. The summit is aimed to help poor countries transition to cleaner energy and adapt to worsening climate calamities. US President-elect Donald Trump had withdrawn the US from the Paris…
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Absent leaders and Trump loom large as the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP29) begins
At the 29th edition of UN conference on climate change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, representatives from nearly 200 countries are discussing financial aid for low- and middle-income countries vulnerable to global warming. US President Donald Trump had withdrawn the US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. The US had pledged $11.4 billion in aid for…