This year's COP27 climate summit in Egypt is underway, bringing together tens of thousands of participants and more than 100 heads of state to discuss climate change. Everything you need to know ⬇️
of limiting warming levels to "well below" the 2°C mark, with an aspirational target of 1.5°C. Studies show that warming beyond 1.5°C would have calamitous consequences, such as the potential disappearance of warm water coral reefs worldwide.by the end of the century, absent further emissions cuts.
Developing countries have signaled that they will push hard for a financing "mechanism" for loss and damage, which is sometimes referred to as "climate reparations," and has been under debate in the"Getting concrete results on loss and damage is the litmus test of the commitment of governments to help close all these gaps," UN Secretary-General António Guterres said ahead of the summit.plan to support the discussion of loss and damage.
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