By Kate Abnett, Olesya Astakhova and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) -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,

COP29, this year's biggest environmental conference, is now underway. Here is how leaders from around the world are coming together to advance global climate efforts.

The latest round of global climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, has drawn in 60,000 delegates, including many from the worlds of business and finance. Below is a selection of the deals struck during the event.

The annual UN climate summit has kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, with lofty goals, but many global leaders missing.

It has put a lot of options on the table but underlined that the countries have not been able to reach consensus.

The main task for nearly 200 countries at the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit is to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of dollars in financing for climate projects worldwide.

UN climate talks in Baku struggle with a lengthy draft on climate finance goals, facing challenges in condensing and aligning viewpoints.

France's Environment Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said Wednesday she would not travel to Baku after Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev accused Paris of colonial "crimes" and "human rights violations" in its overseas territories.

BAKU: Giving much needed talking points around nature and quality of new post-2025 climate finance here at UN climate conference (COP29), an Independent High-Level Expert Group on the issue on Thursday suggested that the negotiations should be focused on mobilising $1 trillion per year by 2030 in "external (public and private) finance from all

The 34-page-long draft of the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), which sparked intense debate and concern among developing countries, is set to go for further revision