COP29 host urges funding and transparency for 1.5-degree target

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COP29 chief negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev speaks to Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on May 22. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

AKANE OKUTSU, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Increasing funding and transparency are key for enabling action to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels, Yalchin Rafiyev, the chief negotiator of the presidency for the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference, told Nikkei Asia on Wednesday.

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