Five key takeaways from COP29

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

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Many of the rich country voices at the UN's climate conference were amazed that developing nations were unhappy with what on the surface seems a huge settlement. It is an improvement - on the current contribution of $100bn (£79.8bn) a year.

However, the developing world, which had pushed for more, had many genuine issues with the final sum.

There were complaints it simply was not enough and that it was a mixture of grants and loans. And countries were deeply annoyed by the way the wealthy waited until the last minute to reveal their hand.

“It's a paltry sum," India's delegate Chandni Raina told other delegates, after the deal had been gavelled through.

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