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Climate-battered nations say their people expect help from COP27 - Reuters

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Ministers from poor nations on the frontlines of fiercer floods, droughts and storms said the U.N. COP27 talks would let down their hard-hit people if they end without agreement on a fund to deal with worsening “loss and damage” driven by climate change.

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The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) produced a groundbreaking agreement to create a “loss and damage” fund to help developing nations cope with the impact of climate change.

But the conference, held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, fell short of a hoped-for agreement to speed reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

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