Negotiators at this year’s United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, reached an agreement early Sunday to triple the funding to assist developing countries in adopting cleaner energy and addressing the impacts of climate change.
As per the deal, affluent nations committed to achieving $300 billion annually in support by 2035, a significant increase from the current target of $100 billion.
However, independent experts have estimated that developing countries require much more, around $1.3 trillion per year, to facilitate energy transitions and limit the planet’s temperature rise to under 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Exceeding this threshold could lead to more severe and irreversible consequences of global warming.
The agreement calls upon private companies and international financial institutions like the World Bank to bridge the substantial funding gap, which some view as a loophole for wealthy nations.