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COP29 hosts: Talks have stalled - time is running out
The UN countries are too slow to agree on how rich countries should compensate poorer ones for climate-related damage. This is what Mukhtar Babajev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan and host of COP29, writes in an open letter. This is reported by AFP.
"Lost time means lost lives, lost livelihoods and a lost planet," writes Babajev.
During last year's climate summit COP28, it was decided that poor countries that account for a small part of the emissions but are hit hard by the consequences must be compensated. However, how much money it should involve and how the cost should be distributed were decisions that were postponed until the autumn's COP29. Now Babajev believes that the talks have stalled months before the meeting even begins.
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Europe's heat waves
Southern Europe is battered with temperatures around 40 degrees - and it will get worse. In several countries, the temperature is expected to rise to 42 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, AP reports.
In Italy, the Ministry of Health has declared the highest heat warning in 12 cities, while authorities try to control forest fires raging in the south of the country.
- It really feels like we are in an oven with a hair dryer aimed at us, says Rome visitor Patrizia Valerio.
In Greece, several cities have established public air-conditioned spaces and banned certain forms of outdoor work during the hottest hours of the day.
Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Romania and Moldova have also been affected by an intense heat wave.
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