Analysis | COP27: A chaotic summit that teetered on the brink of disaster – but there was a genuine breakthrough – By Hannah Thomas-Peter (Sky News) / Nov 20, 2022
COP27 succeeded in setting up a long-sought fund to tackle “loss and damage” from climate change, which will be particularly important for developing countries suffering the effects of global warming including flooding, drought and famine.
COP27 will be remembered for establishing a loss and damage fund – a genuine breakthrough for those most vulnerable to the climate crisis.
But it will also be remembered as a chaotic summit that teetered on the brink of disaster.
A summit where the ambitious goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, was nearly lost forever.
“This cannot be the place where 1.5 dies” was the harried refrain of diplomats and negotiators shuttling between meeting rooms.
