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COP29 Climate Summit Funding Deal Falls Short of Meeting Developing Nations’ Needs to Combat Climate Change
On Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, reached an agreement to fund developing nations’ efforts to adopt clean energy and combat climate change through 2035.
Wildfires in California and Portugal Signal Intensifying “Climate Whiplash”
This month, southern California and northern Portugal grappled with some of the largest and most damaging wildfires in their respective regions. The Park fire in California, which started on June 24, 2024, is now 99 percent contained, but at its peak, it became the third-largest wildfire in the state’s history.