Over two weeks in November, more than 55,000 government negotiators, business representatives, activists and journalists gathered in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku for the annual conference of parties (COP) to the UN’s climate change convention (UNFCCC).

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev successfully secured a $300 billion climate finance plan at the Baku summit. The agreement, though criticized as inadequate by some, highlights the struggles against geopolitical and political challenges.

Read our explainer on the key outcomes from the COP29 UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where finance was at the centre.

The COP29 climate conference ends in "disaster," as wealthy nations delivered a deal on finance that was rejected by key developing countries.

The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters

After COP29 extended into the weekend due to an impasse, the delegates at the annual UN climate change conference have finally reached agreement on climate finance. Many developing nations believe they are being short changed.