COP29 Summit Enters Final Days With Nations Far Apart on Finance

Nearly 200 nations at United Nations talks in Azerbaijan are haggling over a climate finance deal for developing economies, with negotiators trying to find consensus on annual goals ranging from $200 billion to $1.3 trillion.

The wide gap in those potential targets is just one of many unsettled issues as the COP29 summit in Baku enters its final days.

The Azeri presidency is expected to release a draft of the deal in the early hours of Thursday morning. It will kick off fresh rounds of negotiations that can last all night, as officials attempt to bridge a deep divide over the size and type ...