** Climate Talks at COP29 Overrun as Richer and Poorer Countries Disagree on Climate Funding Climate negotiations at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) have stalled due to disagreements between richer and poorer countries over climate funding. While wealthier nations offered to increase their annual contribution from $100bn to $250bn, developing countries rejected this as insufficient. They demand $1.3tn by 2035 to cope with the impacts of a warming world. ** Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l9y89v9jno