Jack Burgess
Live site editor in Baku

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It was not the agreement that many wanted at these COP29 climate talks in Baku.

But there were times when it seemed like there would be no deal at all.

The new text, which was approved early Sunday morning in Azerbaijan, offers developing countries $300 billion (around £240 billion) a year by 2035 to help them fight climate change.

This was below the $1.3 trillion that poorer countries had asked for to help them fight the climate battle.

The deal came just hours after a dramatic moment when some of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change walked out of a key meeting at the summit.

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The deal also repeats the wording in last year’s major COP28 agreement, which called for a global transition away from fossil fuels for the first time.

This is something that many countries had worried would be missing from the final text.

This year’s summit was supposed to end on Friday but went ahead, as has seemingly become something of a tradition at these annual talks.

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It has been a very busy couple of weeks with little sleep the past few days for many in this conference center.

But before we go get some much-needed rest, here are some stories for you to keep reading:

This page was edited by Malu Cursino, Matt Spivey, Greg Brosnan in London and myself in Baku.

It was written by our climate and science team at COP29.