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loss and damage

A Long-Sought Loss and Damage Deal Was Finalized at COP27. Now, the Hard Work Begins

Loss and damage costs related to climate change could total more than $1 trillion by 2050. Where will the money come from, and who will get it?

By Bob Berwyn

A resident sits in front of his destroyed house as another makes a fire in a devastated area in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 17, 2013 in Tacloban, Philippines. Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Activists demand climate action and "loss and damage" reparations on the seventh day of the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

At COP27, an 11th-Hour Deal Comes Together as the US Reverses Course on ‘Loss and Damage’

By Bob Berwyn and Zoha Tunio

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks with delegates after a joint press conference with the U.N. secretary general at the Pakistani pavilion at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov. 7, 2022. Credit: Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images

Parties at COP27 Add Loss and Damage to the Agenda, But Won’t Discuss Which Countries Are Responsible or Who Should Pay

By Zoha Tunio

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