Expectations were high ahead of COP27 with hopes that the climate summit would deliver progress where COP26 failed to. Top of the agenda at the meeting of the United Nations climate change conference of the parties were discussions on how to preserve the Paris Agreement 1.5° goal; loss and damage funding; and increasing adaptation finance. After intense 11th hour negotiations, an historic pact was made for the first time in 30 years of climate talks with developed countries agreeing to provide financial support to poorer countries affected by climate-related disasters. But tension...
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