By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici
The European Union, United States and different rich nations on the COP29 local weather summit have agreed to boost their supply of a world finance goal to $300 billion per 12 months by 2035, sources advised Reuters on Saturday.
The shift in place got here after a $250 billion proposal for a deal, drafted by Azerbaijan’s COP29 presidency on Friday, was panned by growing nations as insultingly low.
5 sources with data of the closed-door discussions mentioned the EU had agreed they may settle for the upper quantity. Two of the sources mentioned america, Australia and Britain have been additionally on board.
Delegates on the U.N. local weather talks in Baku, Azerbaijan have been awaiting a brand new draft of a world deal on local weather finance on Saturday morning, after negotiators labored by the evening.
It was not instantly clear if the rich nations’ revised place had been communicated to growing nations at COP29.
A European Fee spokesperson declined to touch upon the negotiations. The U.S. delegation at COP29 didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
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