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Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit, bangs the gavel during a closing plenary session at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

COP27 highlights In historic move, nations agree to pay to help vulnerable countries with climate disasters

Updated November 20, 2022 at 1:39 a.m. EST|Published November 19, 2022 at 7:43 a.m. EST
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Developed nations agreed early Sunday to help developing countries pay for the catastrophic consequences of climate change — a historic agreement reached after weeks of fraught negotiations that went into overtime at this year’s U.N. climate conference in Egypt.  
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  • Negotiators reached a deal on a “loss and damage fund” that represented a significant shift for U.S. leaders, who have long feared such payments could make the nation liable for huge sums, given its historical contribution to emissions.
  • The European Union’s Frans Timmermans expressed disappointment with the conference outcome, saying “the world will not thank us” when there are only excuses for why nations did not agree to move more boldly to slow global warming.
  • Shoukry said the deal before delegates represents “the highest ambition that can be reached at this time.” He urged attendees to consider the agreement “a gateway” to more substantive actions that must take place over time.
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Negotiators reached a deal on a “loss and damage fund” that represented a significant shift for U.S. leaders, who have long feared such payments could make the nation liable for huge sums, given its historical contribution to emissions.
The European Union’s Frans Timmermans expressed disappointment with the conference outcome, saying “the world will not thank us” when there are only excuses for why nations did not agree to move more boldly to slow global warming.
Shoukry said the deal before delegates represents “the highest ambition that can be reached at this time.” He urged attendees to consider the agreement “a gateway” to more substantive actions that must take place over time.

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