Countries agreed on a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity's fight against climate change, aimed at helping poor nations cope with the ravages of global warming at tense United Nations climate talks in the city where industry first tapped oil.

Richer countries have pledged to give a record $300bn (£238bn) to the developing world to help them prepare for and prevent climate change. The talks at the UN climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan ran 33 hours late, and came within inches of collapse.

By Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and Karin Strohecker BAKU (Reuters) -Countries at the COP29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion global finance target to help poorer nations cope with the impacts of climate change,