Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday, November 20, that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters – but does not boost efforts to tackle the emissions causing them.
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But it kicked many of the most controversial decisions on the fund into next year, when a “transitional committee” would make recommendations for countries to then adopt at the COP28 climate summit in November 2023. And after a pause requested by Switzerland to review the final text, negotiators gave no objections as COP27 President Sameh Shoukry rattled through the final agenda items.
Negotiators from the European Union and other countries had said earlier that they were worried about efforts to block measures to strengthen last year’s Glasgow Climate Pact.
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