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The COP29 conference of Parties came to a chaotic conclusion today marred by delegate walkouts and condemnation by the civil societies. Developing nations sneered at the 300 billion dollars that developed nations pledged to help address climate change. African civil societies termed the meeting as another disappointment after it failed to deliver the 1.3 trillion dollars needed to address climate crisis. The host Azerbaijan was forced to extend the meeting after the Friday timeline failed to deliver an agreement. OBrien Kimani takes us through the hits and misses of COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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The hits and misses of COP 29 in Baku
- 20 Jun 2025 - Airbus secured more aircraft orders on Wednesday, raising its total to $21 billion at this week’s subdued Paris Air Show, while rival Boeing opted not to announce new sales following last week’s Air India 787 crash.
- 20 Jun 2025 - A Chinese post-graduate student convicted of drugging and raping 10 women in the UK and China and suspected of having attacked more was on Thursday jailed for life by a London court.
- 20 Jun 2025 - Rigathi Gachagua, despite his present castigation against the government he was once part of, might not claim to be cut from a different cloth because his past fails to set him apart from those he is fighting.
- 20 Jun 2025 - Nigerian manufacturer Codix Bio Ltd plans to make millions of HIV and Malaria test kits at its new plant outside Lagos for the local and regional market to help fill gaps in the wake of cutbacks at U.S. donor agency USAID, a company executive said.
- 20 Jun 2025 - President Donald Trump announced Thursday he had given social media platform TikTok another 90 days to find a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the United States.
- 20 Jun 2025 - The initiative, set to revolutionise energy access in remote areas, is now moving into a critical implementation phase.
- 20 Jun 2025 - Waiguru condemned what she termed as worrying trends in law enforcement, stating, “It is extremely unfortunate that in a democratic republic, people can be picked from their homes, taken to a police cell, and killed.”
- 20 Jun 2025 - With the first cohort of CBC transitioning to mainstream tertiary institutions in 2029, Tvets are being prepared to receive them.
- 20 Jun 2025 - PS Korir's sentiments come on the back of a wave of police brutality witnessed across the country in recent weeks.
- 20 Jun 2025 - Athman Sudi, a community health promoter, said at least four people have died from cholera outbreak.