World leaders converged Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference with plenty of big names and powerful countries noticeably absent.

As the U.N. biodiversity conference recently concluded with both historic achievements and disappointments for Indigenous leaders, delegates are now quickly shifting their attention to the other big conference: today’s U.

World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks

World leaders speak at U.N. climate summit in Azerbaijan Watch live as world leaders address the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan and speak about their country's climate goals. The talks are being held in the capital Baku where the world’s first oil well was drilled.

Day two of the International Climate Summit, COP29, unfolds in Azerbaijan with nearly 200 nations represented. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stands out with a pledge for stricter carbon emission cuts,

Dozens of world leaders arrived in Azerbaijan on Tuesday (November 12) for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt.

The next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, is about to get underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. These annual meetings are the key international summits as the world attempts to address the unfolding climate crisis.