COP29: Azerbaijan Presidency confirms new climate finance goal as 'top negotiating priority'

Cecilia Keating
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COP29 President-Designate Mukhtar Babayev | Credit: COP29, X
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COP29 President-Designate Mukhtar Babayev | Credit: COP29, X

Baku Summit presidency sets out priorities and timetable for annual climate talks in first official correspondence to governments

The Azerbaijan Presidency of the COP29 Climate Summit has confirmed brokering a global agreement on a new annual international climate finance goal is its "top negotiating priority" for the upcoming climate...

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