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COP27 climate talks: what succeeded, what failed and what’s next

Researchers are frustrated at the glacial pace of decarbonization — but cheered the commitment to create a ‘loss and damage’ fund.
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The 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) ended last Sunday morning with researchers mostly frustrated at the lack of any ambition to phase out fossil fuels.

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Nature 612, 16-17 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03807-0

Additional reporting by Miryam Naddaf.

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  • Correction 29 November 2022: An earlier version of this story misspelt the name of Chukwumerije Okereke.

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