Climate negotiators from the least developed countries and small islands walked out of the talks on Saturday, refusing to engage with the draft.

Countries agreed to a hard-fought COP29 deal to provide $300 billion in annual climate finance by 2035. But while some delegates reacted to the agreement's early Sunday with a standing ovation, others voiced anger and lambasted wealthy nations for not doing more.

At COP29, developing nations rejected what they called too little money to deal with climate change. They and United Nations reports say $1.3 trillion is needed.

As nerves frayed and the clock ticked, negotiators from rich and poor nations were huddled in one room Saturday during overtime United Nations climate talks to try to hash out an elusive deal on money for developing countries to curb and adapt to climate ...

The COP29 talks have laid bare the divisions between wealthy governments and developing nations reeling from the costs of storms, floods and droughts fueled by climate change.

Tenuous hope for a deal for a giant funding package for poor nations to curb and adapt to climate change emerged late Saturday amid fractured United Nations climate talks, but opposition still remains among some developing nations.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference released a draft deal Friday requiring wealthier countries to provide $250 billion per year until 2035 to help developing countries tackle the effects of climate change and transition toward renewable energy.