Countries vowed to ramp up climate pledges in 2022. Very few have.
Ahead of annual international climate negotiations, almost none of the globe’s biggest emitters have come forward with stronger commitments to combat climate change.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate diplomacy: COP 27
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.