COP29: Development bank financing pledge gives summit early boost

BAKU, Nov 13 (Reuters) – COP29 negotiators welcomed a pledge by major development banks to lift funding to poor and middle-income countries struggling with global warming as an early boost to the two-week summit.
A group of lenders, including the World Bank, announced on Tuesday a joint goal of increasing this finance to $120 billion by 2030, a roughly 60% increase on the amount in 2023.
“I think it’s a very good sign,” Irish Climate Minister Eamon Ryan told Reuters on Wednesday.