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.

After marathon talks, wealthy nations commit $300B yearly aid to developing countries, falling far short of the demanded $1.3T target.

Wealthy countries pledged to provide $300 billion a year by 2035 to poorer countries to help them cope with the increasingly catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis — a figure many developing countries criticized as vastly insufficient.