Finance Deal Stalls at COP29 as UN Climate Talks Extend Into Overtime
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Finance Deal Stalls at COP29 as UN Climate Talks Extend Into Overtime

23 November 2024
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Finance Deal Stalls at COP29 as UN Climate Talks Extend Into Overtime

Stalled Talks, High Stakes

Negotiators at the United Nations climate summit, Cop29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, have been engaged in high-stakes discussions as they race against time to break a stalemate on climate finance and emissions reductions. With a crucial plenary session delayed and tensions simmering, key issues such as funding for developing nations and transitioning away from fossil fuels remain unresolved.

A draft agreement released on Friday suggested an annual public finance target of $250 billion and a longer-term goal of $1.3 trillion by 2035. While this represents some progress, developing countries have strongly criticized these figures as insufficient to confront the escalating climate crisis. Experts have repeatedly stressed that achieving the Paris Agreement goals would require at least $1 trillion in annual funding by 2030.

Negotiators managed to make incremental progress on carbon market regulations but hit a wall over commitments from oil-dependent nations like Saudi Arabia to transition away from fossil fuels. Developed nations also argued that high-emission economies, including China and Gulf states, should contribute more to global climate finance, a stance that has sparked sharp disagreements.

German climate envoy Jennifer Morgan lambasted the draft text, calling it "biased and inadequate." She declared, “The European Union, together with the most vulnerable nations, small island states, least developed countries, Latin American nations, and other developed regions, has unequivocally declared that the proposed text in its present form is unacceptable.”

Environmental groups have voiced their frustration, with Greenpeace dismissing the financial commitments as “detached from reality” and Greta Thunberg branding the summit a “complete disaster.”

As the clock ticks down, the negotiations are under immense pressure to deliver a meaningful agreement. Despite the gridlock, leaders such as UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband have urged optimism, likening the complex negotiations to a “198-dimensional chess game.”

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