Developing nations slam the ‘paltry sum’ deal reached at Cop29

DEVELOPING nations slammed the deal reached at the United Nations climate talks (Cop29) today, which pledged at least $300 billion (around £239bn) a year to help them cope with the ravages of global warming.
The money will go to developing countries to help them manage the transition from coal, oil and gas, adapt to future warming and pay for the damage caused by increasingly extreme weather.
Though three times the $100bn (nearly £80bn) a year agreed in a deal due to expire from 2009, it is nowhere near the $1.3 trillion (just over a £1trn) that developing countries were asking for.
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