United Nations, Climate Change

At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.
Leaders worldwide meeting at the United Nations annual Climate Change Summit
Leaders worldwide are in Azerbaijan for the United Nations Climate Change Summit. Much of the talk has been centered around the potential major shift in policy when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution
A complex international two-week-long game of climate change poker is convening. The stakes? Just the fate of an ever-warming world. Curbing and coping with climate change's worsening heat, floods, droughts and storms will cost trillions of dollars and poor nations just don't have it,
Earth's biggest polluters aren't sending leaders to UN climate talks in a year of weather extremes
The top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting countries will not appear with their countries responsible for more than 70% of 2023’s heat-trapping gases.
Biggest name world leaders missing at UN climate talks, others fill the void
But 2024's climate talks are more like the International Chess Federation world championship, lacking recognizable names but big on nerd power and strategy. The top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting countries will not appear.
Biggest name world leaders missing at United Nations climate talks, but others try to fill the void
World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of a soccer World Cup.
Leaders of the world’s biggest polluters are skipping UN climate talks
The climate talks often have the star power of a soccer World Cup, but many big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent. That includes the top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting countries.
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