'The clock is ticking': COP29 in race against time to plug multi-trillion-dollar climate finance gap

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Activists demand more climate finance for developing nations at COP29 | Credit: Michael Holder
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Activists demand more climate finance for developing nations at COP29 | Credit: Michael Holder

Negotiations over new collective climate finance goal remain at an impasse in Baku, as report claims proposed $1tr by 2030 target is both feasible and cost effective

Entrenched divisions between countries over how to plug the multi-trillion-dollar financing gap blocking the developing world's transition towards net zero emissions are continuing to hamper progress at...

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