Besides Climate, the COP29 Summit Has a New Worry With Trump Win
The President-elect, who has called climate change a hoax, is hostile to global efforts to slow planetary warming, shifting the leadership burden to Europe and China.
COP29 climate agenda clouded by trade tensions ahead of summit
China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue could disrupt the start of global climate talks.
Explainer-Who are the key voices at the COP29 climate summit in Baku?
Nearly 200 countries will gather next week for the U.N. climate summit, COP29. Here are some of the major players and negotiating blocs involved in the COP29 summit starting Nov. 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Brazil Announces New Climate Change Pledge Ahead of COP29 Summit
Brazil announced details of its new climate change pledge late on Friday night that sets a target to lower the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, which it will present during the United Nations climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan,
China wants talks on trade measures at COP29 climate summit, document shows
China has requested that countries hold talks at next week's COP29 U.N. climate summit on carbon border taxes and other "restrictive trade measures" that Beijing says are hurting developing countries,
Global warming tops crucial milestone ahead of COP29 climate summit
The COP29 climate summit is due to get under way on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan — a country whose economy is largely based on selling fossil fuels. Over 12 days, world leaders and thousands of delegates will try to negotiate ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions,
EU summit in Budapest: How can the EU remain competitive?
At an EU summit in Budapest, Italian economist Mario Draghi reiterated what reforms the EU required to keep pace with the US ...
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Collision With China Likely At COP29 Summit
BRUSSELS/JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document ...
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WTO, Human Rights Likely to Top French President's China Agenda
French President Jacques Chirac Saturday started a three-day trip to China likely to touch on sensitive bilateral issues with a private visit to Yangz ...
The EU’s Trump preppers
But it’s not just Trump who’s worrying Brussels. While the former president has promised a universal tariff of up to 20 percent on all imports, with higher restrictions on goods from China and Mexico, ...
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Trump's election adds fresh urgency to EU competitiveness push
The European Union's goal of boosting competitiveness to catch up with rivals the United States and China has gained fresh ...
China Confronts Europe Over Climate-Based Trade Restrictions
Days ahead of the U.N.’s global negotiations on climate change, China and other developing countries said trade restrictions should be part of the talks.
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Europe's leaders face up to Trump victory at Hungarian summit
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is in the Hungarian capital for a meeting of the European Political Community. It was the ...
EU considers switching gas supply from Russia to US to stave off tariff war with Trump
The EU could buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US in an attempt to persuade Donald Trump not to impose damaging ...