We have entered the second and final week of COP29, with the closing plenary session scheduled to take place on Friday 22 November. But given the status of negotiations so far, it is likely to be Saturday morning before we know whether we have a final deal.

The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio sent a clear signal to negotiating teams at stalled UN climate talks in Baku on the need to rapidly and substantially ‘scale up climate finance from billions to trillions from all sources.

Azerbaijan, the host country of United Nations climate change conference, has called on G20 leaders to send a positive signal of their commitment to addressing climate issues, as nations struggle to reach an agreement on new financial aid targets.