Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate summit, known as COP29, struck an agreement early yesterday to help developing countries adopt cleaner energy and cope with the effects of climate change.
Under the deal, wealthy nations pledged to reach $300 billion per year in support by 2035, increased from the current target of $100 billion.
But the deal was almost immediately assailed as inadequate by a string of delegates. Independent experts have said developing countries need $1.3 trillion per year, much more than the agreement allows for.
Countries are expected to submit updated emissions-reduction pledges in the coming months before a February deadline. And on the heels of the contentious climate talks, negotiators are descending on Busan, South Korea, for another U.N.-led climate effort: the first treaty designed to tackle plastic pollution.
