Africa
Climate fund breakthrough offers ‘hope’ at UN COP27 talks
4 years agoA person walks near the COP27 climate conference at the deserted hall at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name near the end of the climate conference on November 19, 2022. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
COP27 host Egypt scrambled to salvage UN climate talks Saturday with the European Union and Pakistan signalling a breakthrough over the contentious issue of "loss and damage" funding for climate-vulnerable nations.