The COP29 climate talks have opened in Azerbaijan* with a call to show global cooperation was *not _"down for the count"_*, as Donald Trump's re-election hangs over the key discussions. 🌍 Countries come to Baku after *new warnings that 2024 is on track to break temperature records*, adding urgency to a *fractious debate over funding for climate action* in poorer countries. 🇦🇿 *Trump has pledged to once again withdraw the US from the landmark Paris climate agreement*, and there are concerns the move could weaken ambition around the negotiating table. As the talks opened, *UN climate chief Simon Stiell warned wealthy countries* who are struggling to agree a new funding target to *_"dispense with any idea that climate finance is charity."_*