This weekend in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, officials at the COP29 climate summit penned a new climate finance deal. Richer countries agreed to pay $300 billion per year to help countries in the Global South cope with climate change. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler heard from Malini Mehra, who was at the summit last week. She’s chief executive of GLOBE Legislators and joined the show from London.
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