A few countries have resisted mentioning a global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the official text of the COP27 summit in Egypt, US Special Climate Envoy John Kerry said at the conference on Saturday.
Attendees stand during the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 9, 2022. US Special Climate Envoy John Kerry says some countries resisted mentioning the 1.5 degree-Celsius goal in COP27 official text. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo
"But the fact is that, in Glasgow that was adopted, the language is there. And I know ... Egypt doesn't intend to be the country that hosts a retreat from what was achieved in Glasgow," Kerry said, referring to last year's COP summit in Scotland. Already, the world has warmed more than 1.1C from the preindustrial average temperature — fueling extreme weather that is already delivering steep economic losses.
"It's a well known fact that the United States and many other countries will not establish ... some sort of legal structure that is tied to compensation or liability. That's just not happening," he said.
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