Developing nations demand accountability from polluters at COP29

People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. The COP29 climate talks open on November 11 in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States’ carbon-cutting commitments. 
AZERBAIJAN – Developing nations are not in Baku, cap in hand, but rather with a list of demands. 
That’s as Cop29 continues in Azerbaijan. 
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There’s a change in attitude as emerging countries demand accountability from the world’s biggest polluters. 
South Africa is leading the charge in proposing increased funding from developed nations. 
It says this will enable the global south to undertake energy transition, and mitigate impacts of climate change. 
eNCA’s Siphamandla Goge visited Baku and filed this report.