COP 29 came to a close on the night of 23-24 November after tense negotiations on the level of funding from developed economies to developing countries to support the decarbonization of their economies and their adaptation to the impacts of climate change. While it is traditional for a COP to focus on a specific theme, the issue of financing, and in particular the figures, crystallized attention in an almost melodramatic fashion to the detriment of the other items on the agenda, in particular the implementation of the decisions taken in 2023 at COP28 on mitigation, adaptation and just transition.[...]
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