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Landmark $300bn climate finance goal seen as a step forward following tense negotiations, but poorer nations express fury at failure to deliver a plan for ramping up climate funding

New draft negotiating texts point way to a compromise deal, but proposals for $250bn in finance from industrialised nations fall far short of developing economy asks

Governments will have to recognise eventually that flows of climate finance have to increase and the transition away from fossil fuels is inevitable - it is in their interests to do it now, rather than later

Hosts insist they are executing plan for final phase of negotiations, but insiders warn major issues remain far from being resolved

Wide-ranging G20 communique signals support for 'successful negotiations in Baku' and reiterates commitment to delivering bolder decarbonisation efforts

Observers have been left hugely disappointed at the lack of progress towards a new deal on climate finance at the latest round of UN climate negotiations