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The consensus on COP29 is that it was a flop.

Delegates to the annual climate summit, held this year in Baku, Azerbaijan, reached an agreement to provide $300 billion (USD) in financing to transition developing countries off of fossil fuels by 2025, a target which climate campaigners say barely scratches the surface of what’s needed.

There’s also been s…