Wealthy countries back raising COP29 climate deal to $300 billion, sources say
The European Union, United States and other wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to $300 billion per year by 2035, sources told Reuters on Saturday.
COP29 overruns as poor countries seethe over climate cash
UN climate talks looked set to overrun into the weekend as a deep gulf formed between richer and poorer countries over cash to help those most vulnerable in a warming world. Wealthier nations offered to more than double to $250bn a year the cash they give developing countries annually to fight climate change.
Draft deal at U.N. climate talks calls for rich nations to give $250 billion by 2035
A draft deal at the U.N. Climate Change Conference calls for wealthy nations to give developing ones $250 billion a year starting in 2035.
COP29 climate summit overruns as $250 billion draft deal stalls
The COP29 climate summit ran into overtime on Friday, after a draft deal that proposed developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion in annual climate finance by 2035 drew criticism from all sides.
UN Climate Summit's Deal Draft Shows Divide Between Rich and Poor Nations
A draft proposal unveiled at the United Nations climate summit (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, has exposed tensions between wealthy and developing nations over climate financing. The plan, released Friday,
Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B a year offer from rich countries
A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment talks proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion a year to poorer nations in climate funding. Developing countries want more money.
COP29 climate summit draft proposes rich countries pay $250 billion per year
The COP29 climate summit presidency released a draft finance deal on Friday that would have developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion per year by 2035 to help poorer nations - a proposal that drew criticism from all sides.
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The WhatsApp message was from the chief negotiator of one of the most powerful countries at the COP climate gathering.
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