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‘Emergency’ COP27 climate meet must deliver on finance for poorer nations, envoy says
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Leaders from across the globe will gather in Egypt from Nov 6 to hammer out details of how countries can take climate action under the Paris Agreement. It has taken many years to get to this stage, as ST's David Fogarty explains.
SINGAPORE - On Sunday, the most critical climate gathering of 2022 gets under way in Egypt, bringing together thousands of delegates from nearly 200 nations to tackle a crisis that has fuelled a catalogue of disasters, from record floods and storms to deadly heatwaves and wildfires.
Climate-linked disasters have dominated headlines. Yet, the United Nations’ COP27 conference also has to contend with deepening geopolitical rifts, an energy crisis and soaring food prices.
