Cop29 climate finance deal hits fresh setback as deadline looms
by Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Dharna Noor and from on (#6SCQN)
Outcry after draft text contains only an X' instead of setting $1tn funding goal to support developing countries
Hopes of a breakthrough at the deadlocked UN climate talks have been dashed after a new draft of a possible deal was condemned by rich and poor countries.
Faith in the ability of the Azerbaijan presidency to produce a deal ebbed on Thursday morning, as the draft texts were criticised as inadequate and providing no landing ground" for a compromise.
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