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[IPS] Baku -- Delegates representing Indigenous people's rights have taken issue with the ongoing COP29 negotiations, calling for Parties to include text and language that promote Indigenous rights to be explicitly referenced in the consensus and outcome documents.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has called for urgent action to reduce the cost of capital to fund pathways towards a just transition.

[Daily Maverick] This is a wrap-up for Week 1 of the most noteworthy events and developments at the 29th Conference of the Parties in Azerbaijan. The 12-day conference concludes on Friday.

[IPS] Baku -- The industrial revolution set the ball rolling towards global warming. Today, developing nations are on the frontlines of a climatic carnage and its snowballing effects. Developed nations bear a financial responsibility to provide climate finance to developing nations, as financing the transition to a low-carbon economy is an urgent, critical matter.

[Greenpeace] At a solemn event at COP29, Greenpeace Africa presented physical evidence of the suffering and loss of our communities caused by climate devastation across the continent, showcasing remnants from three major disasters that struck Africa in 2024.

[Leadership] The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene has advocated accessible and equitable policies, including tax holidays and vocational grants to empower youth in renewable energy in African nations, especially in Nigeria.

[New Times] As climate impacts intensify and hit the world's poorest, the Adaptation Gap Report 2024 has found that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts to curb devastating floods, longer-lasting droughts, extreme heat and others.

[New Times] The 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, has once again brought the world's attention to the urgent need for decisive action on climate change. As nations gather to discuss the future of our planet, African leaders, particularly Rwanda's representatives, brought a powerful message to the table: Africa is not just a victim of climate change but a proactive agent of change.

[Capital FM] COP29 in Baku has marked a historic step forward with the establishment of a global carbon market under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement.

[ANGOP] Baku -- Angola has benefited from more than US$100 million in pilot projects to combat climate change since 2015, the National Director for Climate Action and Sustainable Development, Cecilia Bernardo, said on Saturday in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.

[Capital FM] With just days remaining, negotiators at the COP29 climate summit in Baku are striving for breakthroughs on climate finance commitments, which have been the focal point of this year's conference.

[Africa Renewal] A stronger Africa is essential for the world to effectively build resilience against the impacts of climate change. The Africa we want is the Africa the World needs

[The Conversation Africa] Mention the word "fossils" to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of the global fossil record. But humans and other species leave their mark in other ways too - for instance, their tracks. The study of these fossil tracks and traces is called ichnology.

[UN News] As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday to "cut the theatrics," get down to business and hammer out a new finance deal to compensate countries for climate-driven damages and pay for a clean-energy transition.

[African Arguments] Negotiators and activists from Africa say there has been very little positive progress at COP29 as well as a worrying focus on false solutions.

[Ethiopian Herald] Ever since the conferences on the environment have been held at the international level Ethiopia has been an active participant because along with other African countries more or less like Ethiopia, it realizes that climate change has hurt it a lot causing extensive and prolonged damage to its subsistence rain-reliant farmers.

[Ethiopian Herald] Climate change is defined as long-term changes in temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and other components of the Earth's climate system. It is mostly caused by human actions, particularly the use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes that raise the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. These gases trap heat, causing the greenhouse effect.

[263Chat] Climate-induced extreme weather events are wreaking unprecedented destruction, highlighting the urgent need for gender-responsive disaster management policies, said Master Makope, Acting Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment, Climate, and Wildlife.

[263Chat] Pollution of Monavale Vlei remains a threat to the integrity of the wetland which is an internationally recognised site under the Ramsar International Convention on the protection of wetlands which Zimbabwe signed in 2012.

[263Chat] AFRICAN Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd) chief executive officer Lesley Ndlovu has made Time Magazine's 2024 list of the 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business.