World leaders are gathering in Azerbaijan's capital Baku for the COP29 climate conference. High on this year's agenda are reducing global emissions and increasing climate funding.
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00:00World leaders are arriving in Azerbaijan for this year's UN CUP 29 climate conference.
00:06Lobbyists, experts, negotiators and leaders will discuss ways to rein in global emissions
00:12and tackle rising temperatures.
00:14These have caused a surge in devastating floods, droughts, heat waves and storms around the
00:19world.
00:20A key aim at this year's conference is approving a huge increase in funding to help meet the
00:262030 Paris Agreement.
00:27However, several world leaders are sitting out this year's meeting, including European
00:32Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Joe Biden.
00:36It comes as experts warn that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's victory could prove a major
00:41setback for climate action.
00:43We know he's likely to reverse all clean energy policies and incentives in the U.S.
00:49He's going to go for fossil fuel extraction much more, which is going to be devastating
00:54for the planet, and he's not going to provide any climate finance, which is so vital for
01:00developing countries to transition away from fossil fuels.
01:04Host Azerbaijan is also facing scrutiny over its human rights record as well as accusations
01:10it's using the meeting to line up fossil fuel deals.