Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with Shanghai the most polluting, according to new data that combines observations and artificial intelligence.

Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, and Shanghai is the most polluting.

By Kate Abnett, Olesya Astakhova and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) -Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's most vulnerable,

One activist who was driven from her home in Sudan by civil war 18 months ago says countries like hers don't have the privilege of losing hope that the talks can succeed.

As we approach the halfway mark of the UN Climate Change Conference or COP29 in Azerbaijan, a group of former leaders and climate experts has published a critical open letter highlighting what has so far been a fractious summit that has made little progress.

A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and security crises facing their populations, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

African negotiators at the COP29 climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan are asking rich countries for $1.3 Trillion per year in climate finance.