Ireland's climate minister welcomes climate finance deal
Ireland's climate minister Eamon Ryan welcomes climate finance deal, despite criticism from poorer countries.
Poorer countries say the billions of dollars pledged at the UN climate summit in Baku go nowhere near addressing the challenges they face.
But Ireland's environment minister Eamon Ryan tells us why he welcomes the deal,
Also in the programme: A British minister is warning of an increase in cyber warfare against members of the NATO alli#ance - but are such fears justified?; and we report from Laos where the deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning have sent shockwaves along a popular backpacking trail.
(Photo shows Ireland's Minister of the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan speaking to the press at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan on 21 November 2024. Credit: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)
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