The negotiations continue with plenty of disagreement about the way forward, as we approach the halfway mark in Baku, Azerbaijan

Good morning! This is Bibi van der Zee, and we’ll be live blogging the events of the day at Cop29.

It’s day five, and things are beginning to get a little testy, after some extremely highly esteemed Cop watchers declared that the system is no longer ‘fit for purpose’.

Future UN climate summits should be held only in countries that can show clear support for climate action and have stricter rules on fossil fuel lobbying, according to a group of influential climate policy experts.

The group includes former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, the former president of Ireland Mary Robinson, the former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres and the prominent climate scientist Johan Rockström.

Continue reading...