By Global Issues BAKU, Nov 24 (IPS) – They say it is taboo to talk about money. But this is exactly what developing countries came for: to haggle and push for the climate finance deal of a lifetime, as the climate crisis is, for them, a matter of life and death. Wealthy nations also came […]
By Global Issues BAKU, Nov 22 (IPS) – The drive home is uneventful. Our Bolt driver is a careful driver—the bright, half-moon provides a delightful end to an evening of song and good food. Our last night as an IPS team at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Read the full story, “Once in a Blue Moon, […]
By Global Issues BAKU, Nov 22 (IPS) – COP29 delegates have elaborated on how Africa’s dependency on agriculture is becoming increasingly untenable amidst alarming levels of global warming, wrecking havoc on the sector. Coastal communities, pastoralists, and those in the drylands are in the thick of the climate chaos. Read the full story, “Migration Remittances: […]