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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Adam Morton in Baku

INSANE: Think the cop29 climate summit doesn t matter here s five things you should know | Rare Historical Photos

Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance at the COP29summit in Baku.
Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance at the COP29summit in Baku. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

The Cop29 UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, scheduled to finish Friday local time, are dragging into the weekend as delegates from nearly 200 countries struggle to reach a consensus on the key issues being debated: a new global climate finance goal and what needs to be done about fossil fuels.

What is happening in Baku is significant, no matter how frustrating a process and inadequate an outcome it may seem. Here are five things worth knowing about it.

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