From emotional appeals for climate justice to high-stakes negotiations over billions of dollars, finance dominated discussions at COP31 on Friday. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that even tripling adaptation funding for vulnerable countries would meet less than a third of their needs, as pressure mounted on wealthy nations and major polluters to pay their fair share.
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