Rich nations raise COP29 climate finance offer to $300 billion as developing nations fume

We cannot leave Baku without a decision that lives up to the challenge we are facing,

she said via a translator

We've spent three years negotiating these numbers. And with the end of the three years we've got nothing,

Abdulai said,

We're still working on the number with other parties."

Sierra Leone's environment minister, Abdulai Jiwoh, declined to comment on the $300 billion figure on Saturday, saying

We can choose to be proactive about climate, and the time for being proactive is rapidly shrinking,

said Ruth Townend, a senior research fellow at the London-based think tank Chatham House who attended the conference

Adel al-Jubeirforeign Affairs, Member of the Cabinet, and Climate Envoy

Who created this pollution that we have? It’s 120 years of industrial revolution,

Saudi Arabia’s climate envoy, Adel Al-Jubeir, said

Jennifer Granholmu.S. Energy Secretary

It would be political malpractice to undo those opportunities when people are just now getting hired,

Granholm told NBC News

For Saudi Arabia to say — with its level of per capita income — that it’s a developing country is an insult to true developing countries like in sub-Saharan Africa,

he said in an interview

It is really disappointing to see that world leaders haven’t shown up in force in solidarity,

she added

Decades of war and instability, economic challenges, devastated infrastructure and an impoverished workforce have left Afghanistan with few resources for climate adaptation initiatives,

he said

The problem must be resolved at the COP. We cannot delay from COP to COP issues of practical, pressing and concrete nature,

the minister said

Mia Mottleybarbados Prime Minister

There is no deal to come out of Baku that will not leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth,

said the former advisor to Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley

Tina Stegeclimate envoy

It is shameful to put forward texts like these,

said Tina Stege, climate envoy for the Marshall Islands, an atoll nation threatened by rising seas

But one thing is clear: we will do everything we can until the end to live up to our responsibility at this cop as well, because we owe it to everyone,

she said

From Africa, where I come from, what we are saying is... no deal is better than a bad deal,

he said

To land a meaningful outcome here, wealthy nations must step up with a bold offer to the global South. Our eyes are now on the European Union and UK in particular to step up their game,

Andreas Seiber, associate director of policy and campaigns at 350.org told The Independent

Lidy Nacpilfilipino human rights, environmental and climate activist

We find ourselves in a far worse position than we were before the NCQG process began,

said Lidy Nacpil from the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development

We started Cop29 with alarm that the outcome of the US presidential elections would deter global climate action ... apparently, the halls of Cop29 are already flooded with many Trumps,

said Gerry Arances, executive director of Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development

We cannot be expected to agree to a text which shows such contempt for our vulnerable people,

the Alliance of Small Island States said in a statement

Not only is $250bn far too low a target for climate finance to developing nations, but core aid funding should be coming only from public sources,

Tom Mitchell, executive director of the International Institute for Environment and Development, said

Cop29 cannot close on a deal this weak,

he warned