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COP29 concluded this past weekend with a deeply flawed agreement on climate finance that plans for fossil fuel phaseout failure and has been carefully crafted by rich countries to dodge their responsibilities to pay the climate debt they owe to the Global South.
The first week of the UN climate negotiations just wrapped up in Azerbaijan. Our team on the ground has been working hard to push back against industry spin and pressure rich countries to pay up. Here are the highlights.
Our new analysis shows many governments and finance models overstate the role the private sector can play in financing a just energy transition. This is coming to a head with the deadline for a new climate finance goal (NCQG) at COP29, where rich countries are using this outdated myth to try to get off the hook to pay their fair share for climate action.
The COP28 agreement marked the end of the fossil fuel era. Now, will the world’s wealthiest nations step up and pay their fair share to drive this transition?
