As climate conference approaches, whose problems come first?
The 27th Conference of the Parties occurs next month, with developed and developing nations struggling with different problems — and, as a result, likely different priorities.
Many developing nations are calling for payments for climate damages — compensation for the impact on their countries of a problem created by the economies of developed nations.
Meanwhile, European nations are looking for a way to get through the winter in the middle of an energy crisis spurred by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Caribbean countries to seek “loss and damage” as top priority at COP27, document says
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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.