COP29: Focus turns to climate finance as talks on new headline goal stall

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Azerbaijan's State Dance Ensemble performing at COP29 yesterday | Credit: IISD
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Azerbaijan's State Dance Ensemble performing at COP29 yesterday | Credit: IISD

Despite warm words and some encouraging funding pledges, the first phase of talks in Baku have made little progress towards agreeing a new global climate finance target

With a roster of world leaders having delivered their speeches, the Summit agenda agreed, and a new deal secured on carbon market standards, COP29 has today begun to live up to its billing as a 'finance...

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