The COP29 climate talks in Baku was the 29th time in 32 years that the nations of the world gathered to negotiate what to do about climate change, writes George Lee

Countries at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan adopted a $300 billion (€288bn) a year global finance target to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal its intended recipients criticised as woefully insufficient

Outgoing Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has welcomed the "hard-fought" deal on climate finance struck by countries at COP29, as activists and aid organisations harshly criticised the agreement

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New rules allowing wealthy polluting countries to buy carbon-cutting "offsets" from developing nations were agreed at UN climate talks Saturday, a move already raising fears they will be used to greenwash ...

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Fraught debate revealed the divide between rich and poor as the UN conference sealed a climate finance deal.

The 300 billion dollar (£239.5 billion) agreement, which is designed to help combat the impacts of global warming, was announced at the Cop29 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan

Jay Kennedy, 20, was diagnosed with an incurable high grade astrocytoma - a brain tumour - after a seizure, headaches and vomiting aged 18.

The new target will "set the expectation" that NZ contributes more to help developing nations move away from using fossil fuels.

The final deal includes a fresh pledge by wealthy nations to provide $300 billion annually to poorer countries.

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The world's least-developed nations have reacted angrily to a new global climate deal - and local campaigners say they have a point.

The world's least-developed nations have reacted angrily to a new global climate deal - and local campaigners say they have a point.

"It felt as though my hip was going to collapse," says Heather Tanguay, 80, while doctors say their referrals are now being rejected over a "lack of resources".

Developed countries including the UK, US and EU nations agreed to pay $300billion (£239billion) a year - up from the $100billion they pay now.

Goal doesn’t match needs of developing world, PM’s aide Romina Alam says.

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A day after the official end of this year’s United Nations COP29 gathering of countries committed to halting climate change, negotiators struck a last-minute deal for wealthy countries to help poorer countries like Liberia deal with global warming. By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh with New Narratives The so-called “finance COP” held this year in Baku, Azerbajain,