“The Worst First Week of a Cop”: Frustrations Rise as Week Two Begins

As the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan enter their second week, the theme of the first has been one of slow progress and frustration, according to many participants from Africa. Dubbed the “finance COP”, the main focus of this year’s negotiations has been the new climate finance goal, known as the New Collective Quantified Goals (NCGQ). Developing countries [...]