Returning from COP29 in Azerbaijan, Dr Jonathan Barnes (UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction) questions whether UN climate talks face a credibility crisis in The Conversation. In Baku, Azerbaijan, the so-called “finance-Cop” was a disappointment. Now, the UN’s framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) is facing a credibility crisis. A key failure in Baku was about how much money developing nations will be paid for adaptation projects that help communities and infrastructure withstand the