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COP29 Azerbaijan

The UN's climate conference, COP29, is taking place in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, from November 11-22. Climate finance and the transition away from fossil fuels are high on the agenda.

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South Africa’s farmers, consumers call for action

As world leaders gear up for the UN climate conference in Paris, hopes are high delegates will finally reach an agreement to address climate change before it's too late. However, in some parts of the world, including Southern Africa, the effects of climate change can already be felt.
November 12, 201504:42 min
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres and COP20 President and Peruvian Minister of Environment Manuel Pulgar celebrate the approval of the proposed compromise document handed out during the marathon UN talks in order to meet the final goal of the UN COP20 and CMP10 climate change conferences in Lima on December 14, 2014. CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/Getty Images

Climate draft approved in Lima

Negotiators at UN climate talks in Lima, Peru, have approved a draft laying out the key points for a global climate pact set to be agreed in Paris next year. The agreement came in a marathon overtime session.
December 14, 2014
Lima - COP 20

UN climate talks head into overtime

Negotiators in Lima, Peru have been granted extra time as they struggle to make a breakthrough in ambitious climate talks. Disagreements on shared responsibility among rich and poor nations are the central problem.
December 13, 2014
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UN climate talks deadlock

As the UN climate talks entered their final day, the dispute over shared responsibility for tackling global warming was still raging. Disagreements over a draft accord could thwart the drive to curb climate change.
December 12, 2014
Jens Thurau (Foto: D. Engels/DW)

Welcome change of course

Obama's newly-announced climate protection agenda could inspire other countries to similar measures.
June 3, 2014
The low-lying Maldives island viewed from the air

Altmaier's Doha climate call

Peter Altmaier has addressed the UN's world climate conference in Doha, just a day before the difficult talks conclude. He said a deal was needed, lest some delegates found their houses under rising seas.
December 6, 2012
Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah President of the (COP18) at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks in Doha November 26, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous (QATAR - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)

Climate talks in Doha

Negotiators from 194 countries have gathered in one of the world's top per-capita emitters, Qatar, for a two-week conference on climate change. The goal is the same as previous summits, and it appears just as forlorn.
November 26, 2012

Climate conference

The latest round of climate talks close in Bonn, with little progress towards reaching a deal.
August 6, 2010
Protesters

Climate climax

Hopes for a successful UN climate deal in Copenhagen are largely being placed on China and the US.
December 18, 2009
Time in running out

Copenhagen Summit

EU officials call late-night talks with other global groupings to bridge climate change differences.
December 18, 2009
A global depicting slogans against climate change

Copenhagen crunch

Environment ministers gather for closed-door meetings in the final week of the climate conference.
December 14, 2009
Obama speaking at the UN conference

UN climate talks

The White House has announced that President Obama will be attending the Copenhagen summit
November 26, 2009
The earth seen from space

Battling climate change

UN talks in Bonn did little to prepare the ground for a follow-up treaty to the Kyoto Protocol.
June 12, 2009
Opening of Bangkok Climate Change conference

UN Climate Conference in Bangkok

The Un-sponsored climate change talks in Bangkok are off to a good start, it seems. The task of the five-day conference, with nearly twelve hundred delegates from over 160 countries, is to set the work programme for the negotiations for the successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
April 1, 2008
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaking at the UN Climate Conference in Bali

UN Climate Conference in Bali

As the UN conference on climate change in Bali draws to a close, negotiators are struggling to reach a deal. The deadlock is over setting targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The new deal will replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.
December 14, 2007

Slow progress at the UN climate conference in Bali

Only hours before the Bali climate conference’s final day, the EU and USA cannot agree on set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
December 13, 2007