Lack of Progress at COP29 Puts Rights at Risk

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The COP29 U.N. Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 9, 2024. © 2024 Peter Dejong/AP Photo The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), which wrapped up last weekend, failed to make sufficient progress to maintain global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. COP29 ended with a global climate finance target that developing countries said was inadequate to enable them to tackle climate change.One of the final texts of the conference did not clearly mention the need to transition away from fossil fuels, as…

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