India fires warning shot with rejection of finance deal at COP29
www.climatechangenews.com | November 25, 2024

As COP29 wound up in the early hours of Sunday, India’s fierce objection to the climate finance deal that was the summit’s main outcome showed its resolve to act as a voice for the Global South in wanting more international support to step up climate action, diplomats and policy analysts said.

COP29 | No deal would have been better than the bad deal in Baku
www.deccanherald.com | November 25, 2024

If the downslide of international climate negotiations began in Copenhagen, when a dozen rich nations forced their agenda to deny and delay the need for greenhouse gas emissions reduction, it finally hit rock bottom in Baku.

$300bn for climate finance falls short of expectations
www.dawn.com | November 25, 2024

THE $300 billion package, agreed upon at COP29 in Baku as the new finance goal, is nothing to write home about and many from the developing world and civil society organisations fear it will jeopardise their efforts to adapt to the changing climate.

COP29: India rejects new USD 300 bn climate finance deal as inequitable
www.nationalheraldindia.com | November 24, 2024

India on Sunday, 24 November, rejected a new climate finance package of $300 billion for the Global South at the UN climate conference in Baku, saying it was too little and too late.

COP29 U.N. Summit: Civil society protests against climate finance proposal, calls for ‘no deal’ over ‘bad deal’
www.thehindu.com | November 23, 2024

Civil society members staged a silent march at the U.N. climate summit, condemning the developed nations’ proposal to increase annual climate finance to a meagre $250 billion by 2035. 

COP29: Climate-induced migration in the spotlight
www.voanews.com | November 22, 2024

Before Cyclone Aila battered the southwestern coast of Bangladesh in 2009, Vikas Das lived with his family in a coastal hamlet, tending a small vegetable plot and fishing in a nearby river.

CSOs demand clear NCQG framework based on equity and justice
thefinancialexpress.com.bd | November 22, 2024

From the ongoing COP29 Global Climate Conference in Baku, leaders of South Asian civil society on Friday gathered in a press conference and demanded a clear framework and structure on NCQG [New Collective and Quantified Goal on Finance] based on the equity and justice as enshrined in Article 9.1 of Paris Agreement [PA].

‘Not just a joke, but an insult’ – Activists slam latest NCQG draft text at COP29
www.environewsnigeria.com | November 22, 2024

A new streamlined draft text was published on Friday, November 22, 2024, at COP29 for the new climate finance goal. For the first time, the text includes a proposal for a provision of climate finance: $250 billion per year in climate finance by 2035.

Social barriers risk leaving women behind in India’s greener future
www.cleanenergywire.org | November 22, 2024

Social barriers make it tough for women to work in the solar sector in India, thwarting what could be a vibrant clean energy workforce in the world’s most populous country. Experts are calling for more attention to green skills and gender in global climate politics, as countries face an increasing shortage of skilled labour.

Developed countries must declare $1.3 trillion climate financing under NCQG, demands CSOs
www.tbsnews.net | November 22, 2024

Leaders of South Asian civil society today (22 November) demanded that developed countries declare $1.3 trillion climate financing in line with the New Collective and Quantified Goal on Finance (NCQG).