8 Key Outcomes from Baku’s UN COP 29, 2024
Credit: UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth The fight against climate change is fiercely on and BAKU was just another reminder that time is running out! A two-week UN Climate summit (COP 29) just concluded in BAKU after world leaders, investors and all sector- stakeholders meet to forge a collective action and to underscore the urgency to scale up efforts against climate crisis. It was small time of broad negotiations to set agreements that could strengthen efforts while building on the achievements of the past climate commitments. Climate change is no longer a conspiracy theory, it is an evident existential threat to the planet. The changing weather patterns unfamiliar to farmers in my home village causing food shortage, deadly regular hurricanes in the US, to unbearable heatwaves in Europe, disastrous bus...