hello, i'm helma humphrey, good to have you with us. —— helena humphrey.after days of negotiations and complex twists and turns at the cop29 conference in baku. in an agreement welcomed with applause, wealthier countries will offer $300 billion per year to poorer nations for efforts to fight climate change. just hours ago, talks were on the verge of collapse, when the group representing poorer nations walked out. they eventually returned to the negotating table, but were angered by an offer from wealthier nations — that was far short of the $500 billion they wanted.

hello, i'm helma humphrey, good to have you with us. —— helena humphrey.ld leaders have agreed a major deal on climate finance, after days of negotiations and complex twists and turns at the cop29 conference in baku. in an agreement welcomed with applause, wealthier countries will offer $300 billion per year to poorer nations for efforts to fight climate change. just hours ago, talks were on the verge of collapse, when the group representing poorer nations walked out. they eventually returned to the negotating table, but were angered by an offer from wealthier nations — that was far short of the $500 billion they wanted. talks at the summit in azerbaijan went on 32 hours longer than they were meant to. 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt filed this report a few hours ago, following the efforts to make a deal in baku. these talks have been fraught from the start. just a few hours ago, it looked like any chance of an agreement had evaporated. representatives of dozens of the world's least—developed countries stormed out of a key meeting. we've just walked out.