We are entering week two at COP29 and progress is still painfully slow and often acrimonious. Too many issues are still open and require closure this coming week. Top priority is to agree a sensible and ambitious ‘New Collective Quantified Goal’ (NCQG) on climate finance.
So far there are no serious commitments from the developed countries to pledge public funding to NCQG. And the G20 meeting in Brazil, expected to