Climate Change Summit: A Call for Action

The U.N. climate summit, COP29, has commenced as nations brace for challenging discussions regarding finance and trade amid escalating climate disruptions. The opening remarks emphasized the urgent need for decisive leadership and reaffirmed commitments to the Paris Agreement amid calls from developing countries for increased climate funding.

The United Nations climate summit, COP29, opened with urgency in the air as countries prepare to tackle challenging negotiations over finance and trade.

This follows a year marked by severe weather disasters that have heightened the demands of developing nations for climate-related financial aid.

COP29 President-elect Mukhtar Babayev urged leaders to recognize that climate change is a pressing issue, asserting that decisive leadership and action are crucial to navigating forward.

(With inputs from agencies.)