Richer countries have pledged to give a record $300bn (£238bn) to the developing world to help them prepare for and prevent climate change. The talks at the UN climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan ran 33 hours late, and came within inches of collapse.

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev's preparation for different outcomes at the divisive summit in Azerbaijan reflected what many had already known before it began: the Baku climate talks were never going to go smoothly.

United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity's fight against climate change, aimed at helping developing nations cope with the ravages of global warming in tense negotiations.