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Explainer: COP27: Conversations to watch at the climate summit

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Next week’s U.N. climate conference has much to discuss, from financing the transition to clean energy to protecting the world’s forests and future-proofing its cities. But some efforts will get more attention than others.

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State of Play

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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