Inside COP 29
This year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a widely anticipated agreement on climate finance.
November 24, Baku - Just after 3 a.m. local time on Sunday, in Baku, Azerbaijan, COP 29 concluded with a set of decisions including a widely anticipated agreement on climate finance.
In the last hours of negotiations, concerted pressure from the most vulnerable developing countries resulted in an improved outcome on the finance target, with a decision to set a goal of at least USD 300 billion per year by 2035 for developing countries to advance their climate action. Nevertheless there was considerable and justified disappointment on the part of developing countries given the gap that remains with their identified financing needs for climate adaptation and mitigation.
"We recognize the COP 29 outcome on climate finance as an important step forward,” said Patricia Fuller, President and CEO of IISD. “The goal is still far from meeting the actual finance needs for effective climate mitigation and adaptation, but it represents meaningful progress in supporting developing countries in their climate action efforts”.
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IISD COP 29 Experts: Earth Negotiations Bulletin
IISD COP 29 Experts: Energy
Aia Brnic
Communications Manager
Olivier Bois von Kursk
Policy Advisor
Vance Culbert
Senior Policy Advisor & Secretariat Manager, COFFIS
Megan Darby
Senior Communications Officer
Philip Gass
Director, Energy Program, Just Transitions and Canada
Natalie Jones
Policy Advisor
Jonas Kuehl
Policy Advisor
Farooq Ullah
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Energy and Climate Governance
IISD COP 29 Experts: Adaptation
Anne Hammill
Associate Vice-President, Resilience
Emilie Beauchamp
Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Adaptation to Climate Change
Alec Crawford
Director, Nature for Resilience
Angie Dazé
Director, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for Resilience
Orville Grey
Head of Secretariat, NAP Global Network
David Hoffmann
Coordinator, NAP Global Network
Mauricio Luna Rodríguez
Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation Governance
Jeffrey Qi
Policy Advisor I