In what is widely seen as an extraordinary win on the first day of the annual UN climate change negotiations, countries have begun breathing life into a climate finance fund agreed to last year — although the devil is in the details. …“Starting COP28 on a positive note sends a message of hope that the multilateral process can deliver,” said Avinash Persaud, special climate envoy to Barbados. …Following an agreement on how the fund will work Thursday, countries began committing a flood of cash. The United Arab Emirates and Germany each contributed US$100 million, representing the largest contributions from individual countries. The United States, United Kingdom, Japan and the European Union also contributed. Friday morning, Canada announced it would contribute US$11.6 million. In total, over US$400 million was announced. “We must not leave climate-vulnerable developing countries to face these consequences alone,” Minister Steven Guilbeault said.