Climate summit approves divisive $300B deal
The pledged financing from the U.S., EU and other wealthy governments includes hopes for private money — and a Trump-sized asterisk.
The Immense Disappointment and Promise of the COP29 Climate Summit
No one left this year’s United Nations climate conference happy, but the talks were still an important marker.
World agrees to climate deal on financial aid for developing countries after summit nearly implodes
Wealthy countries pledged to provide $300 billion a year by 2035 to poorer countries to help them cope with the increasingly catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis — a figure many developing countries criticized as vastly insufficient.
$300 billion pledge at COP29 climate summit a “paltry sum”
A representative for Cuba, which has suffered from devastating hurricanes, noted the pledge of $300 billion represented less than the previous goal of $100 billion agreed more than a decade ago, taking into account inflation.
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.
$300 billion climate aid deal struck at COP29
Early on Nov. 24, the final day of the U.N. Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev gaveled in a final deal to provide about $300 billion a year over the next decade to developing nations.
Climate summit ends with a long-fought deal — and a lot of anger
Developing nations got a promise of at least $300 billion in climate finance from rich countries such as the U.S. and the EU’s members. They wanted far more.
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.
World reaches $300 bn climate finance deal at COP29
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
The UN climate summit ended in bitterness and accusations of betrayal. Now fears are growing for its future
Amid geopolitical upheaval, including the election of a climate denier in the US, the future of the three-decade long COP ...
'We were ready to leave climate summit' - negotiator tells BBC
A key negotiator with the group that pushed climate talks close to collapse speaks to the BBC about what happened.
A $300B a year deal for climate cash at UN summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others
The United Nations’ annual climate talks pushed into overtime Saturday as negotiators pressed on to get a deal on money for ...
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As Countries Reel From a Dizzying Climate Summit, All Eyes Turn to Plastic Negotiations
The sun has set on the 29th United Nations climate summit (COP29), which brought representatives from nearly 200 nations ...
A $300 bln a year deal for climate cash at U.N. summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others
United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity’s fight against climate ...
A proposed deal on climate cash at UN summit highlights split between rich and poor nations
A new draft of a deal on money to curb and adapt to climate change released Friday afternoon at the United Nations climate ...
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 ...
Are All These U.N. Climate Talks Doing Any Good?
The current talks “simply cannot deliver the change at exponential speed and scale, which is essential to ensure a safe ...