Kenya’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, Ali Mohamed, who is also chairman of the African Group of Negotiators, addresses a gathering of global leaders at a side event on climate finance at the COP29 summit in Baku,

The creation of a UN-backed global carbon market has taken a step closer to reality with governments approving new standards for the use of credits to meet climate targets. The agreement reached at the COP29 climate summit was hailed as a breakthrough ...

Governments at the COP29 talks approved Monday new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step toward allowing countries to trade credits to meet their climate targets.

The president of COP29’s host country has told the UN climate conference that oil and gas are a "gift of god". Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev criticised "Western fake news" about the country's emissions and said nations "should not be blamed" for having fossil fuel reserves.

By William James and Kate Abnett BAKU (Reuters) -Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev used a keynote speech at the COP29 climate summit to lash out at Western critics of his country's oil and gas industry,

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev defended his country's oil and gas industry at the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29), criticising Western nations for their stance on fossil fuels, reported Reuters.