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

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

Abdulai said,

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

she said via a translator

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

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

This is the worst COP in recent memory,

Mohamed Adow, speaking for the Climate Action Network, said at a press conference before the text's release,

Inadequate, divorced from the reality of climate impacts and outrageously below the needs of developing countries, we've at least got a number now,

Jasper Inventor, head of Greenpeace's COP29 delegation, said in one of the first reactions from activists

It has been a significant lift over the past decade to meet the prior, smaller goal. $250 billion will require even more ambition and extraordinary reach,

a senior U.S. official said on condition of anonymity after the release of the draft

I've never seen a presidency like this, I've never seen a process like this,

she said

I hope they find the sweet spot with this next iteration,

said Li Shuo, director of the China Climate Hub at the Asia Society, a veteran observer of COP summits

We encourage parties to continue to collaborate within and across groups with the aim of proposing bridging proposals that will help us to finalise our work here in Baku,

the COP29 presidency said in a note to delegates on Friday morning

Jennifer Morgan (activist)germany delegation chief

The current text offers no progress” on efforts to cut the world’s emissions of heat-trapping gases

said Germany delegation chief Jennifer Morgan