Avantika Goswami

The 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan, began November 11, 2024. Here's a look at what happened on the fourth day of COP29. Also read the diary for

As we head into week 2 of the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, against all odds, wealthy

Talks have started to simmer to a gradual boil in Baku at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, as negotiations towards a new climate finance target — the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) — trudge towards a finish line not yet in sight. With

A deal of $300 billion per year to developing countries from developed countries and other sources was reached at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the

Many of you have heard about COP summits. These are very big meetings that take place around the world where people gather to discuss climate change and how to manage it. COP stands for Conference of Parties. Basically, it is a group of countries who have agreed to work together to act and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), so that the worst effects of climate change are avoided...

“Is COP29 dead after the Trump win?” asked some members of the media a few days before the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN climate summit (COP29) started on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 11. News of former reality TV show host Donald Trump sweeping the polls to win a second, non-consecutive term as President of the US, seemed to be added as one more factor that prejudged this summit to be a particularly inconsequential one. Other reasons cited for this imminent failure were the large shoes that the UAE Presidency had left to fill with their public relation-bonanza of 2023, Azerbaijan's lack of climate credibility as a fossil fuel producer and the general turmoil of world geopolitics. But climate experts and observers commented that this was the most important COP since the signing of Paris Agreement in 2015. Labelled “finance COP”, its top agenda required developed countries to open their wallets and pay for their historical greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by helping to fund climate transition in the developing world.

Rich countries must pay up for the climate action needed to halt the climate crisis they have created and remedy the climate harms that they have inflicted.

Avantika Avantika leads the Climate Change Programme at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) as a program manager. She has 10+ years of experience across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, with an interdisciplinary background in climate and economic research, sustainability program management, and management consulting.

“The American way of life is not up for negotiations. Period.” — then President of the United States (US) George H W Bush had stated infamously, in the early 1990s, as global efforts to coordinate on climate policy were beginning to precipitate. Thirty years later, as the US announces its third climate pledge to the Paris Agreement — to cut emissions 61-66 per cent below 2005 levels by 2035 — Bush's sentiment is reinforced once again. This time, while a resurgent Donald Trump waits in the wings to tear it all down next year.

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