COP29: Switzerland and the world under pressure to deliver carbon cuts 

It’s clearly crunch time as states prepare to gather for the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan next week. What progress has been made on global climate targets, and where does Switzerland stand? The warnings are as stark as they get. “Playing with fire”, “running out of time”, “teetering on a planetary tightrope” – researchers and officials tracking efforts to limit global warming below the critical 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) threshold have not minced words ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11-22. Main themes of COP29 Under the Paris Agreement, industrialised countries have committed to providing $100 billion per year to finance climate protection measures in developing countries by 2025. This target was achieved for the first time in 2022. COP29 aims to define the new common financing target for the period after 2025. There are also plans to adopt the rules for implementing the global ...