"#Azerbaijan was expected to unveil its flagship – and most controversial – initiative: a #climate fund designed “primarily” for developing countries with money voluntarily put in by #FossilFuel-producing countries and companies.

The fund would mainly give out money at commercial lending rates with only a fifth of its revenues providing “highly concessional and grant-based support” to vulnerable countries."

The launch of this fund has been scrapped.

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/14/cop29-bulletin-day-4-still-no-finance-progress-as-economists-call-for-1-trillion/

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At #COP29, Azerbaijan had also been expected to announce a new national climate plan – known as a nationally determined contribution (#NDC) – but it has yet to do so.

#Azerbaijan started a diplomatic spat with the EU

Meanwhile, Progress on COP29’s headline outcome – the new post-2025 climate finance goal (the NCQG) – continues to be incredibly slow."

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/14/cop29-bulletin-day-4-still-no-finance-progress-as-economists-call-for-1-trillion/

This #COP29 is not looking great.

This much is clear:

"The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN climate chief have said.

In a letter to the UN, senior figures say countries should not host the talks if they don’t support the phase out of fossil energy."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lknel1xpo