Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP – Negotiators from small islands and least-developed nations on Saturday walked out of overtime consultations on a climate deal with COP29 president Azerbaijan, saying their interests on finance were ignored.

“We’ve just walked out. We came here to this COP for a fair deal. We feel that we haven’t been heard,” said Cedric Schuster, the Samoan chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States, a coalition of nations threatened by rising seas.

mdo-sct/lth/giv

© Agence France-Presse

Featured image credit: wirestock | Freepik.com

Satellite Image: Aude region, France
Image of the day: Scorched landscape left by Aude wildfire in FranceNews

Image of the day: Scorched landscape left by Aude wildfire in France

A wildfire that erupted on 5 August 2025 in the Corbières massif of southern France left a vast burn scar across the Aude region, now…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 19, 2025 Full article
Image: Green Field, Tea Plantation
Joint UK-China project aims to shield tea industry from climate change risksNewsScience

Joint UK-China project aims to shield tea industry from climate change risks

The global tea industry, valued in the tens of billions of dollars, is facing increasing pressure from climate change. As both the quality and quantity…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 24, 2024 Full article
Still life with the scales of justice (climate,green justice, Youths sue Trump over US climate orders)
NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergiesNews

NGOs seek climate trial of French oil giant TotalEnergies

By Guillaume DAUDIN | AFP Paris, France - NGOs filed a criminal complaint against French oil giant TotalEnergies and its top shareholders in Paris on…
SourceSourceMay 21, 2024 Full article