Australia urged to do more on climate crisis as activists rue trillion-dollar Cop29 funding gap

We are leaving with a small portion of the funding climate-vulnerable countries urgently need. It isn’t nearly enough, but it’s a start,

said Tina Stege, Marshall Islands climate envoy

It has been a difficult journey, but we've delivered a deal,

Stiell said

I regret to say that this document is nothing more than an optical illusion,

Indian delegation representative Chandni Raina told the closing session of the summit, minutes after the deal was gavelled in

Joe Bidenpresident

While there is still substantial work ahead of us to achieve our climate goals, today’s outcome puts us one significant step closer. On behalf of the American people and future generations, we must continue to accelerate our work to keep a cleaner, safer, healthier planet within our grasp,

Biden said in a statement

There's a challenge in getting greater ambition when you're negotiating with the Saudis,

said US climate adviser John Podesta

As a wealthy nation, and a huge fossil fuel exporter, the Australian government notably failed to drive bigger ambition. This is about realism. Getting better financial arrangements is key to getting global support for rapid fossil-fuel phase-out globally.”

She added

Australia must also honour the spirit of [last year’s] commitment to transition away from fossil fuels and replace its exports of coal and gas with renewable energy,

she said

Now we need to get on with action to build the renewables, implement the transition and turn our complete attention to developing 2035 emission reduction targets due next year,

he said

While some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that’s under way in America and around the world, nobody can reverse it - nobody,

he said

The rich world staged a great escape in Baku,

said Mohamed Adow, the Kenyan director of Power Shift Africa, a think tank

This is an insult".

Nigeria's envoy Nkiruka Maduekwe put it more bluntly

Mukhtar BabayevcOP29 President

We have all been working very hard over the past two weeks and I know that none of us want to leave Baku without a good outcome,

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev told a plenary session which kicked off just after 8 pm local time on Saturday

This is not the climate and environmental justice agenda that he got elected on,

Menotti said

Of course, it will not be better under Trump, but it’s really shameful what they’re doing under Biden,

said Victor Menotti, director of the International Forum on Globalization, after Podesta was hustled out of a side door by security personnel with television crews in hot pursuit

Avinash Persaudbarbadian academic

It was hard fought" and the amount of financing "is at the boundary between what is politically achievable today in developed countries and what would make a difference in developing countries,

said Avinash Persaud, special advisor on climate change to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank

The goal is too little, too distant,

she said, her speech punctuated frequently by applause and cheers

Laurence Tubianaeuropean Climate Foundation CEO

COP29 took place in tough circumstances but multilateralism is alive and more necessary than ever,

Laurence Tubiana, chief executive office of European Climate Foundation, an architect of the landmark Paris Agreement

It is the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century and through our championing of it we can help crowd in private investment

the UK's energy secretary added

We will keep up the pace, working with other countries before the world meets again in Brazil for COP30

he said

This COP has been a disaster for the developing world,

said Mohamed Adow, the Kenyan director of Power Shift Africa, a think tank