- With the UN climate summit COP27 less than three weeks away, world nations are still struggling to find common ground on key issues on the agenda, such as ‘loss and damage’ to compensate vulnerable countries for climate-related disasters.
- Of this total, more than $33 billion (65%) was for climate change mitigation and more than $17 billion (35%) for climate change adaptation.
- At COP26 in Glasgow, the US government launched the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE), to help people in developing countries adapt to climate change and manage its impacts.
High-emitting countries ‘need to step up’ at COP27, US official says
