
As waves of climate change woes buffet the world mercilessly, the zest to tackle the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions challenge is spurring global action, with attempts to combat methane being first on the agenda.

Given the trillion-dollar gap between the Global South’s demands and the Global North’s proposal for a new climate finance target, the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) has run into overtime in one last attempt at bridging the divide and finding common ground all parties can get behind. The cal