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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey, Adam Morton, Dharna Noor and Patrick Greenfield in Baku, and Damian Carrington in London

SHOCKING: Row over who will pay 1tn climate fund drags cop29 talks past the deadline - What They Never Told You

A group of young people with a cardboard banner denouncing fossil fuels, wave their hands, showing 'Pay Up' written on their palms
Demonstrators push for climate finance at the COP29 UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday. Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Talks on a new trillion-dollar global deal to tackle the climate crisis dragged on late into Saturday night, as rich and poor countries fought over how much cash was needed, and who should pay.

Rich countries want to offer only about $300bn out of the $1.3tn a year needed from their own coffers, with the rest to come from other sources including potential new taxes and private investors.

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