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Climate finance: Who is being asked to pay what at COP29?

Former US Vice President Al Gore speaks during a session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 15, 2024. [AFP]

"You owe us!" screamed a protest banner at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, where negotiations over how much rich nations most responsible for climate change should pay poorer ones are getting heated.

Striking a deal to provide the $1 trillion annually that experts say is needed by 2030 for developing countries is the top priority at COP29, but getting there will be a slog.

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