There’s a mind-bending Soviet-era oil rig city ‘floating’ on the planet’s largest lake
Neft Daşları, meaning “Oil Rocks,” was the world’s first oil-drilling platform. In recent decades, its population has dwindled, while sections have fallen into disrepair and been claimed by the sea.
COP29: Azerbaijan wants to improve its image without giving up oil
Nearly 30 dissidents, journalists and trade unionists have been arrested in recent months ahead of COP29, while the country ...
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Cop29 summit in Baku: Talks start with fight over agenda
The COP29 talks opened yesterday with calls for global cooperation and fresh warnings about climate disasters -- but ...
Earth's biggest polluters aren't sending leaders to UN climate talks in a year of weather extremes
World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big ...
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Countries promised to ditch fossil fuels, but instead they’re booming
One think tank analysis chronicles how countries are on course for an “oil and gas exploration spree” in the wake ... As ...
UN climate summit sees key leaders absent
World leaders converged Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference with plenty of big names and powerful ...
Who is funding fossil fuel expansion?
Record-breaking profits, trillions in investment and expansion plans that will push the planet beyond 1.5C warming — what's ...
COP29 Begins With Climate Finance, Absent Leaders, and Trump Looming Large
The annual UN climate summit has kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, with lofty goals, but many global leaders missing.
E.P.A. to Charge Oil Companies First-Ever Methane Fee, but Will It Last?
The Biden administration is imposing a fee on large energy companies that spew excess methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
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Live Briefing: Nations gather for U.N. climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP29, began Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, a year after a historic agreement to transition away from coal, oil and gas ... a climate think tank. At COP29 ...
As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet
America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for ...
Countries promised to ditch fossil fuels. Instead they’re booming.
The U.N. Climate Change Conference, or COP29, starts as the world’s nations have failed to deliver on the central pledge of ...