EU and nations including the UK, US and Australia indicate they will make the increase in exchange for changes to a draft text, sources say Major rich countries at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan have agreed to lift a global financial offer to help developing nations tackle the
The talks in Azerbaijan have seen nations at odds over how much money developed countries should provide to poorer ones The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) went to Moscow to talk to Russia about oil yesterday, as delegates in neighbouring Azerbaijan
Conservationists failed to capture elusive insects this summer, so Kristina Kenda offered to step in When British conservationists flew to Slovenia this summer hoping to catch enough singing cicadas to reintroduce the species to the New Forest, the grasshopper-sized insects
Advocates and officials argue that consequences of Israeli siege are inextricably linked to tackling the climate crisis As countries negotiate over climate finance, Palestinian officials and advocates have come to Cop29 in Baku to highlight global heating’s intersection with
Talk grows of a walkout from poor countries in response to ‘unacceptable’ and ‘insulting’ finance proposal Developing countries were being urged by civil society groups to reject “a bad deal” at the UN climate talks on Friday night, after rich nations refused to increase an
Residents concerned as North Carolina city lifts boil advisory and scientists detect lead in water at area schools When the western North Carolina town Swannanoa was battered by Hurricane Helene in September, two large trees crushed Stephen Knight’s home. His family of six was
Chancellor understood to be determined to keep policy despite Treasury analysing ways to soften impact Rachel Reeves is holding firm against a U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, despite the Treasury analysing ways of softening the impact. The chancellor is understood to be
Hundreds of defunct satellites plunge toward Earth every year. Scientists are studying how the chemical stew left in their wake impacts the atmosphere.
Experts are optimistic about energy and drug production breakthroughs but also fear its potential misuse When better to hold a conference on artificial intelligence and the countless ways it is advancing science than in those brief days between the first Nobel prizes being
Cop29 is taking place in a country whose economy has long been dependent on its oil reserves Oil runs deep in Azerbaijan, the host country of this year’s UN climate summit. Just 30 minutes south-west of the Cop29 conference centre lies the site of the world’s first industrially
Draft text under fire as poor nations wanted more of the money to come directly from developed countries Cop29 climate summit – live updates Developing countries have reacted angrily to an offer of $250bn in finance from the rich world – considerably less than they are
Levels in people’s blood for 37 chemicals linked to health issues declined after they were designated under Prop 65 California’s nation-leading restrictions on toxic chemicals in consumer products reduced the population’s body levels for many dangerous compounds linked to
