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World leaders gather as U.N. climate conference gets underway in Egypt

The Washington Post · Allyson Chiu · last updated

COP27 begins in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. A key flashpoint in the next two weeks of negotiations will be how wealthy nations will assist vulnerable countries and communities with the fewest resources in coping with climate change.

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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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