Nearly 200 countries will gather next week for the U.N. climate summit, COP29. Reaching a consensus for a deal among so many can be difficult.Here are some of the major players and negotiating blocs involved in the COP29 summit starting Nov.

As COP29 aims to set a much higher climate financing target for the years ahead, wealthy nations insist the money cannot come entirely from their budgets.

The President-elect, who has called climate change a hoax, is hostile to global efforts to slow planetary warming, shifting the leadership burden to Europe and China.

China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue could disrupt the start of global climate talks. The draft agenda for this year's climate summit,

By Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett and Gloria Dickie WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election has darkened the outlook for a strong deal at the COP29 climate summit next week and will increase pressure on Europe and China to lead international progress in curbing planetary warming,