Azerbaijan Climate summit agrees on trillions for poorer countries

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23.11.2024 - 23:51

Mukhtar Babayev, President of COP29, speaks during a plenary session at the UN Climate Summit COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: Rafiq Maqbool/AP/dpa
Mukhtar Babayev, President of COP29, speaks during a plenary session at the UN Climate Summit COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: Rafiq Maqbool/AP/dpa
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The World Climate Conference in Azerbaijan has agreed to significantly increase climate aid for poorer countries. A total of at least 1.3 trillion US dollars (around 1.25 trillion euros) is to flow annually until 2035, 300 billion of which is to come primarily from industrialized countries.

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