At COP27, Historic Deal Will Compensate Poor Nations for Climate Crisis Disasters

For something that many activists argue is long overdue, it can’t come soon enough.

But the outcome of COP27 wasn’t a resounding success.

“We need to drastically reduce emissions now – and this is an issue this COP did not address.

“Deliver the kind of meaningful climate action that people and planet so desperately need.”

Loss and damage

Securing a fund forloss and damagehas been the defining issue of the summit.

Sano described it as “a victory for people power.”

The language around phasing out fossil fuels was the other issue that held up the negotiations this year.

In the end, the language was excluded entirely.

We didn’t get that at COP this year.”

“And countries must deliver.”