Azerbaijan Seeks to Settle Climate Finance Fights at COP29

Officials from Azerbaijan, the nation hosting the next round of United Nations climate talks in November, are already seeing disagreements between states and parties over the central focus of this year’s summit — climate finance.

Azerbaijan is now trying to establish the main negotiation threads and figure out ways to achieve successful outcomes, officials said in Baku during the presidency’s first press conference. Who pays for climate change’s ever-growing bill — and how much — is set to be the main topic of discussion at COP29.

“We already identified some key positions by certain parties — both on the figure and also on the ...