Speaking to Agence France Presse from the Pre-COP in Baku several weeks ahead of COP29, Iskander Erzini Vernoit, a director at IMAL, addressed the divisions between the Global North and Global South, particularly around the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance. This AFP reporting was carried by RFI and other French outlets:
"Despite some hopeful talk of coming together, countries remain quite far apart," said Iskander Erzini Vernoit, co-founder and director at the IMAL Initiative for Climate and Development, who was present in Baku.