'Torrents, not trickles': UN climate chief calls for climate finance breakthrough at COP29

James Murray
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'Torrents, not trickles': UN climate chief calls for climate finance breakthrough at COP29

Simon Stiell delivers speech in Baku calling for new agreements on climate finance and urging governments to stop 'hiding behind loopholes in decision texts'

The UN's climate chief has today called on governments to deliver a series of new deals at this year's COP29 Climate Summit to unlock "torrents" of climate finance for developing economies and lay the...

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