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FOUR BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM SHARM EL-SHEIKH

The 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, began with low expectations. But defying all presumptions, it has achieved four key outcomes that will have far-reaching implications for energy transition and international climate collaboration.

1 It got developed countries to agree on something they had refused for three decades—pay for climate disasters in developing countries. Wealthy countries

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