Compromise deal reached at COP29 climate talks for $300 billion a year to poor nations

Countries agreed on a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity's fight against climate change, aimed at helping poor nations cope with the ravages of global warming at tense United Nations climate talks in the city where industry first tapped oil.

The $300 billion will go to developing countries who need the cash to wean themselves off the coal, oil and gas that causes the globe to overheat, adapt to future warming and pay for the damage caused by climate change's extreme weather. It's not near the full amount of $1.3 trillion that developing countries were asking for, but it's three times the $100 billion a year deal from 2009 that is expiring. Delegations said this deal is headed in the right direction, with hopes that more money flows in the future.

"Everybody is committed to having an agreement," Fiji delegation chief Biman Prasad said as the deal was being finalized. "They are not necessarily happy about everything, but the bottom line is everybody wants a good agreement."