Read our explainer on the key outcomes from the COP29 UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where finance was at the centre.

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev successfully secured a $300 billion climate finance plan at the Baku summit. The agreement, though criticized as inadequate by some, highlights the struggles against geopolitical and political challenges.

Countries at the COP29 climate summit were warned on Wednesday that the "hardest part" was about to start in talks over how much money should be provided to developing countries to help them cope with climate change.

Countries are set to work through the night at the UN COP29 summit in a bid to resolve deep differences over how to scale up international climate finance, after an initial proposal sparked widespread anger.

Developing countries had hoped rich countries would commit $1.3 trillion each year to help them deal with the effects of climate change and to speed up the development of renewable energy

Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's most vulnerable, as political tensions overshadowed the talks and Argentina on Thursday pulled its delegation from Baku.

In a late session at the United Nations climate talks, countries finally agreed on how rich nations can help poor ones in the face of climate change.

Negotiators from nearly 200 nations made a nonbinding commitment that wealthy nations would aim to provide $300 billion annually by 2035 to help poorer nations.