The central focus of COP29 negotiations is on a bigger target for climate finance – the money rich nations provide poor nations to help with their energy transition and climate resilience.

Loss and damage’ refers to a country getting back on its feet after being hit by a climate event and is particularly relevant to lower income countries. Developed countries generally aim their efforts towards ‘mitigation’,

China's vice premier, Ding Xuexiang, will travel to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to attend the COP29 climate summit next week, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.