Climate finance deal criticised at COP29 as inadequate, lacking real money and clear grants for developing countries.

This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense negotiations.

Disputes in Baku are growing increasingly heated 24 hours before the UN Climate Change Conference is due to end, as developing countries demand industrialized nations drastically increase aid, while the EU,

But as exciting as it was, attending this climate summit also came with its challenges—starting with just getting to the venue – the Olympic Stadium. The first morning of the conference, I left the hotel armed with a map on the phone and what I thought was a good sense of direction.

Countries agreed to a hard-fought COP29 deal to provide $300 billion in annual climate finance by 2035. But while some delegates reacted to the agreement's early Sunday with a standing ovation, others voiced anger and lambasted wealthy nations for not doing more.

The European Union, United States and other wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to $300 billion per year by 2035, sources told Reuters on Saturday.