COP29 – We have a deal
Climate summits are notorious for running into overtime and into the weekend and COP29 is no exception. We have a deal of sorts, but more iterations are expected during the ...
Agriculture minister heading to Baku for COP29
Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou was travelling to Baku on Thursday to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29).
Her visit follows that of President Nikos Christodoulides’, who took ...
COP29 and climate finance – all eyes on G20
We have entered the second and final week of COP29, with the closing plenary session scheduled to take place on Friday 22 November. But given the status of negotiations so far, ...
COP29 week two – too many issues still open
We are entering week two at COP29 and progress is still painfully slow and often acrimonious. Too many issues are still open and require closure this coming week. Top priority ...
COP29: success and failure in first week
COP29 has completed its first week with some successes, but also with a series of controversies.
France’s top climate official is not going to COP29 in Baku after Azerbaijan’...
Final countdown at COP29
The annual UN Climate Change Summit, COP29, has opened in Baku, Azerbaijan. As many as 50,000 delegates from 200 countries are expected to attend. But key world leaders from the US, Europe, ...
Kombos in first-time meeting with Azeri counterpart
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met his Azeri counterpart on the sidelines of COP29, the first such contact from the state.
Kombos had a bilateral meeting with Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun ...
President: Mediterranean, Cyprus hit hard by climate change
Addressing the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday called for coordinated international action to tackle climate change.
He emphasised that the need to urgently address ...