Nations race to land climate deal as COP29 draft rejected

Negotiators raced against the clock at UN climate talks Thursday to broker a trillion-dollar deal to help poorer nations tackle global warming after rich and developing countries roundly rejected a draft deal.

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People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. The COP29 climate talks open on November 11 in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

2024-11-21 18:22:41

Negotiators raced against the clock at UN climate talks Thursday to broker a trillion-dollar deal to help poorer nations tackle global warming after rich and developing countries roundly rejected a draft deal.

The UN climate summit is supposed to conclude on Friday but is almost certain to run into overtime as nations from the United States to China panned the latest draft released by the Azerbaijani hosts.

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