After a Last-Minute Challenge to New Loss and Damage Deal, U.S. Joins Global Consensus Ahead of COP28

Local residents wade through flooding caused by high ocean tides in Majuro Atoll, the capital of the Marshall Islands, on February 20, 2011, with a warning of worse to come because of rising sea levels.

Despite some last-minute wavering over specific words and the placement of commas in a key document, a State Department official said on Wednesday that the U.S. now welcomes new United Nations guidelines to set up a loss and damage fund, a key issue going into the global COP28 climate talks in Dubai. “With clarity now … Continue reading After a Last-Minute Challenge to New Loss and Damage Deal, U.S. Joins Global Consensus Ahead of COP28

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