Governments are gathering in Azerbaijan on Monday for talks on the climate that will test wealthy nations' commitment to funding poorer ones bearing the brunt of global warming. But concerns over Baku's human rights record and deep ties to fossil fuels have cast a heavy shadow over the UN’s crucial "finance Cop".

Trump and Trade Worries Cloud COP29 Climate Summit in Baku By Valerie Volcovici and Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) - The annual U.N. climate summit kicks off Monday with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of weather ...

For this reason, COP29 is described as a ‘Finance COP’. The NCQG is a new target for funding that should be made available to developing countries. It will replace the ‘$ 100 b per year’ target that was set in 2009—the target was to be met by 2020,