Cop29 live: Slashing methane emissions is ‘our emergency brake’, UN says

Cop29 presidency announces new drive to cut methane emissions from waste dumps as G20 reaffirms transition from fossil fuels

The UK government has conceded that Australia was mistakenly included on a list of countries that were expected to sign up to a US-UK civil nuclear deal agreed at Cop29 on Monday, writes Adam Morton, Guardian Australia's climate and environment editor.

The Albanese government flatly denied media reports on Tuesday that it would join the UK and the US in a collaboration to share advanced nuclear technology. The UK and the US announcement said they would speed up work on cutting-edge nuclear technology", including small modular reactors, after inking a deal at the Cop29 UN climate summit in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.

We urge them to use the G20 meeting to send a positive signal of their commitment to address the climate crisis.