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The agreement, finalised at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, establishes that developed countries will contribute $300 billion annually by 2035 to assist poorer countries in mitigating the effects of climate change.
Climate negotiators on Sunday agreed to an annual finance target of 300 billion U.S. dollars to help poorer countries deal with the impacts of climate change by 2035, a key task of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29).
According to the deal reached in Baku, capital city of Azerbaijan, rich countries will lead the payments.
The new goal will replace the previous deal of 100 billion U.S. dollars per year in climate finance for developing nations by 2020. However, that goal was met two years late, in 2022, and expires in 2025.
The European Union hailed the deal as a "new era" of climate finance for poorer countries, but UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that he had hoped for "a more ambitious outcome."
Vulnerable developing countries led by India and Nigeria criticized the sum as "paltry" and an insult. These nations had been holding out hope for a figure closer to their proposed 1.3 trillion U.S. dollar sum.
COP29 also reached agreement on creating a global market to trade carbon pollution rights and to mobilize more money on new projects to help fight global warming.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Azerbaijan is stepping up its renewable energy ambitions with plans to develop eight new solar and wind plants by 2027, backed by $2.8 billion in investment and aimed at exceeding its 2030 climate targets ahead of schedule.
On the second day of Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW), attention centred on strengthening international cooperation, accelerating the transition to clean energy, and ensuring a fair and inclusive approach.
Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed Hong Kong with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday.
When Climate Week kicks off in New York City on Sunday (21 September), it will mark the largest event of its kind yet, with organisers reporting a record number of companies participating and more events than ever before.
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