UN Climate Chief Asks G20 Leaders for Boost

World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks
By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center stage at the G20 summit in Brazil this week, as negotiators at U.N. talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world's 20 major economies can break.
UN chief urges G20 'leadership' to rescue stalled Azerbaijan climate talks
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UN Climate Chief Asks G20 Leaders for Boost as COP29 Finance Talks Lag
The plea, made in a letter to G20 leaders from UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, comes as negotiators at the COP29 conference in Baku struggle in their negotiations for a deal intended to scale up money to address the worsening impacts of global warming.
G20 talks in Rio reach breakthrough on climate finance, sources say
By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded U.
UN pushes G20 on climate agreement as COP29 talks stall
With negotiations on climate finance in Baku at a standstill, leaders are turning to the G20 meeting in Brazil for a breakthrough .
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Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's ...
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