Loss, damage and adaptation funding at COP27

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The World’s Carolyn Beeler explains the outcome of the COP27 summit, with wealthier nations agreeing to pay for damage caused by climate change in developing countries. Though the devil is in the details, nations feeling the environmental impacts say just agreeing to find a framework for “loss and damage” funding is still a big step forward.

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