Climate finance's 'new era' shows new political realities
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BAKU Rich countries' promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance brought fury at talks in Baku from poor nations that found it too paltry, but it also shows a shift in global political realities. The two-week marathon COP29 climate conference opened days after the decisive victory in the U.S. presidential election of Donald Trump, a skeptic both of climate change and foreign aid. In the new year, Germany, Canada, and Australia all hold elections in which conservatives less supportive of
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