A week into the climate summit, there is still no consensus on the amount and details of the new method of distribution of funding to mitigate the effects of global warming. It was only last Friday, after 7 p.m. (local time), that a preliminary document was made public for the final debate next week. In addition, the return of Donald Trump, elected president of the United States, generated reactions and uncertainty at the beginning of COP29 about the role of one of the main greenhouse gas emitting countries.
This story was produced as part of the 2024 Climate Change Media Partnership, a journalism fellowship organized by Internews' Earth Journalism Network and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security. It was first published in Spanish in Ojo Público on November 17, 2024. It has been translated to English and lightly edited for length and clarity.
Banner image: Press Conference / Credit: Kiara Worth UN Climate Change via Flickr.
Aramis Castro
