At COP27, climate 'loss and damage' funding makes it on the table

A picture shows a view of an artwork in the Green Zone during the COP27 climate summit at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort of the same name, on Mnday, November 7, 2022. - AFP

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Warned that mounting economic crises should not delay action on increasingly obvious global warming threats, climate negotiators agreed at UN talks on Sunday to start discussions on a funding plan to help climate-hit countries cope with surging losses.

As the COP27 climate summit opened in Egypt, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said concrete action to tackle emissions and climate risks, delayed over decades, could no longer wait as dangerous effects worsen.