But as exciting as it was, attending this climate summit also came with its challenges—starting with just getting to the venue – the Olympic Stadium. The first morning of the conference, I left the hotel armed with a map on the phone and what I thought was a good sense of direction.

A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is to establish a 2025-35 climate finance commitment from developed nations to developing countries, which is officially known as the New Collective Quantified Goal.

Negotiations at the UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, enter their second week today with a slew of unfinished agenda items. Why it matters: A failure to arrive at a new and far-reaching annual funding target for climate funding directed at the developing world — which climate impacts are hitting the hardest — could have knock-on effects for years.

At COP29 in Baku, a proposed global finance deal to aid climate change efforts sparked division and discontent. Delegates struggled to agree on funding strategies for poorer nations as the summit's deadline approached.