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Negotiations at Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan were scheduled to finish on Friday evening but a final deal on climate finance remains elusive.

The Energy Secretary said the UK’s pledge to cut domestic emissions by 81% by 2035 had put ‘Britain back on the map of global climate leadership’.

The Cop29 presidency of Azerbaijan asked both the UK and Brazil to ensure the delivery of ‘a balanced set of negotiated outcomes’ at the Baku summit.

The UK has joined a cross-country group as UN climate negotiations continue in Azerbaijan.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said she is dismayed ministers appear to have ‘given up’ on keeping the refinery open.

UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday to join other government ministers for the second week of the UN climate summit.

Exclusive: UK energy secretary says at Cop29 that people see the economic advantages of making the transition

The money comes under the UK’s existing pledge to spend £11.6 billion in climate finance over five years up to 2026.

Keir Starmer arrived at the Baku COP climate summit yesterday bearing something unusual — an actual plan with a new government behind to limit global warming. He had one of the more substantial pledges at a notably thin summit, where the main proposals come from China, while the US absorbs…