COP29: Five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan
Billed as the "finance COP," the 29th UN climate change summit (otherwise known as COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, was expected to provide the money to enable the transition away from fossil fuels announced at last year's COP28.
COP29 deal too little, too late – Poorer nations criticise Azerbaijan climate funding agreement
BAKU: Richer countries have promised to raise their funding to help poorer countries fight climate change to a record $300bn (£238bn) a year, but the deal has come under criticism from the developing world.
Factbox-Takeaways from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan
This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense negotiations. The summit's main agenda item - setting a new annual target for global climate finance - had nations wrangling for two weeks.
Azerbaijan: COP29 clinches 300 bln U.S. dollars climate finance deal for developing countries
Climate negotiators on Sunday agreed to an annual finance target of 300 billion U.S. dollars to help poorer countries deal with the impacts of climate change by 2035, a key task of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29).
Takeaways from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan
This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense negotiations.
COP29: Why a $300bn climate deal to help poorer countries has been criticised
A $300bn (£240bn) deal at the UN's COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan, to help developing countries tackle climate change, has been heavily criticised. After two weeks of negotiations in the city of Baku - that were extended by more than a day - richer countries agreed to more than double the yearly payments paid to poorer nations by 2035.
$300 billion pledge at COP29 climate summit a “paltry sum”
The world’s most important climate talks were pulled back from the brink of collapse after poorer countries reluctantly accepted a finance package of “at least” $300 billion a year from wealthy nations after bitter negotiations.
COP29 ends with controversial $300B climate finance pledge
After two weeks of intense negotiations, developed countries at COP29 finally agreed to a $300B a year climate finance target. Read more.
$300bn deal at COP criticised for failing to meet scale of climate challenge
The money - which will help poorer nations most vulnerable to global warming - is described as "too little, too late".
COP29: Summit ends with $300bn a year climate finance deal for developing nations
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