COP 27: Political progress but transformative climate actions remain elusive
Two plus weeks of deliberations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, resulted in the Parties delivering a historic decision: the “Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan”. This Plan documented significant progress on “loss and damage,” working through an impasse that has weighed heavily over negotiations for more than a decade and memorializing a renewed trust and commitment to cooperation among developed and developing countries in the global response to 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.