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Negotiators from small island states and the least-developed nations have walked out of negotiations during overtime United Nations climate talks, saying their climate finance interests were being ignored. Nerves frayed on Saturday as negotiators from rich and poor nations huddled in a room at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan to try to hash out an elusive deal on finance for developing countries to curb and adapt to climate change. But the rough draft of a new proposal was soundly rejected, especially by African nations and small island states, according to messages relayed from inside. “We’ve just walked out. We came here…
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