COP29 reaches halfway point, no closer to climate goal [Video]

BAKU, Azerbaijan –

Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially on the main issue of money.

In week one, not a lot of progress was made on the issue of how much money rich countries should pay to developed ones to move away from dirty fuels and how to cope with rising seas and temperatures and pay for damage already caused by climate-driven extreme weather. But more is expected when government ministers fly in for week two to handle the hard political deal-making at the negotiations — known as COP29 — in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Countries remain about a trillion dollars a year apart in the big number to be settled.

“All the developing countries look very united behind US$1.3 trillion. That’s not a …