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Cop29 finance deal ‘a death sentence’ and ‘woefully inadequate’, activists say

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband called the package a ‘critical 11th-hour deal at the 11th hour for the climate’.

Evening Standard

‘Optical illusion’: Key takeaways from COP29 at Baku

Climate finance deal criticised at COP29 as inadequate, lacking real money and clear grants for developing countries.

Al Jazeera

Scottish Greens slam ‘hopeless’ COP29 climate deal

THE SCOTTISH Greens have slammed the new COP29 climate financial package for falling short on the funds requested by developing nations.

The National (Scotland)

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Cop29’s new carbon market rules offer hope after scandal and deadlock

Countries agree on how to create, trade and register credits to meet climate commitments

The Guardian - UK

Irish climate minister says Cop29 deal ‘far from perfect but can be built on’

‘To walk away would have been unforgivable and shameful given the scale of the crisis we all face,’ Eamon Ryan said.

Evening Standard

Developing nations blast $300 billion Cop29 climate deal as insufficient

Countries at the Cop29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on Sunday to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal its intended recipients criticised as woefully insufficient.

Radio France Internationale

From a US$300 billion climate finance deal to global carbon trading, here’s what was – and wasn’t – achieved at the COP29 climate talks

The petroleum-laden dust has settled on this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP29, held over the past fortnight in Baku, Azerbaijan. Climate scientists, leaders, lobbyists and delegates are heading for home.

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Row over who will pay $1tn climate fund drags Cop29 talks past the deadline

Rich countries resist increasing their contributions to poor countries that are bearing the brunt of global heating

The Guardian - UK

World Approves UN Rules For Carbon Trading Between Nations At COP29

New rules allowing wealthy polluting countries to buy carbon-cutting "offsets" from developing nations were agreed at UN climate talks Saturday, in a move already raising fears they will be used to greenwash climate targets.

International Business Times

COP29 climate talks on 'verge of collapse' as delegates storm out of negotiations

Representatives of small and impoverished nations threatened by climate change have walked out of talks at COP29 over disagreements on funding…

The National (Scotland)

Cop29 draft deal on verge of collapse as small island nations walk out

Dramatic day sees talks to reach agreement going into overtime and protests echoing through corridors

The Independent UK

Revealed: Saudi Arabia accused of modifying official Cop29 negotiating text

Exclusive: News of changes to usually non-editable document ‘risks placing climate summit in jeopardy'

The Guardian - UK

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.

Radio France Internationale

Cop29: Climate finance deal agreed but talks remain deeply divided – as it happened

The deal was met with long applause, cheering, whistling and embraces but few are happy with it

The Guardian - UK

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‘No deal is better than a bad deal’: Cop29 deadlocked over climate fund

Dismay at ‘weak’ interim deal as talks stretch past summit deadline

Al Jazeera

‘It’s a joke’: $250bn climate finance offer met with scorn at COP29

Vulnerable nations are seeking $1.3 trillion annually to deal with the damage caused by climate change and to adapt.

Radio France Internationale

Rich nations pledge $250bn for climate aid, but Africa demands more

Wealthy nations on Friday offered $250 billion a year to help poorer nations hit hardest by global warming but faced immediate calls led by Africa to give more as UN climate negotiations extended into overtime.

The Conversation

Cop29: Indigenous communities still being sold short as the world decides how to regulate carbon markets

As the annual UN climate conference, Cop29, draws to a close, negotiators, civil society observers and activists are staying up late, poring over draft texts that will determine how the international community addresses climate change for years to come. Central among their concerns this year: the turbulent world of carbon…

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The Guardian - AU

Think the Cop29 climate summit doesn’t matter? Here are five things you should know

Who pays how much to fund the switch from fossil fuels, what to do about nuclear power, and who hosts Cop31 are key questions

The Guardian - UK

Cop29: $250bn climate finance offer from rich world an insult, critics say

Draft text under fire as poor nations wanted more of the money to come directly from developed countries

Evening Standard

UK wants Cop29 deal that ‘accelerates clean energy transition’, says Miliband

The Energy Secretary said the UK’s pledge to cut domestic emissions by 81% by 2035 had put ‘Britain back on the map of global climate leadership’.

Evening Standard

UK pledges £239m to forest-rich nations to fight climate change at Cop29

The money will go to countries like Colombia and Indonesia to support vital global ‘carbon sinks’.

The Independent UK

UN climate summit set to go into overtime as talks stall over finance deal

Frustrations intensified at Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where countries are polarised over a deal on paying poorer nations climate finance.

The Guardian - UK

UAE urges countries to honour fossil fuels vow amid Cop29 impasse

Petrostate’s rebuke comes as Saudi Arabia and allies try to derail transition promise made at climate talks last year