November 22, 2024 11:33 GMT
EMISSIONS: New Climate Finance Deal Eyes $250bn/yr
EMISSIONS
The latest climate finance deal draft, released by the COP29 presidency on Friday, stipulated that developed nations should provide $250bn/yr by 2035 according to Reuters.
- The existing funding target of $100bn expires at the end of 2025.
- The draft also set a broader goal to raise $1.3tn/yr by 2035.
- "No one is comfortable with the number, because it's high and (there is) next to nothing on increasing contributor base," an EU climate negotiator told Reuters.
- Developed nations said they are unwilling to accept anything less than $500/bn according to Sky News.
- Talks on the new climate deal are scheduled to conclude later on Friday.
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