U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world governments to 'stand and deliver' a strong climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt as negotiators remained far apart on key issues a day before the agreement's deadline
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"Global emissions are at their highest level in history – and rising. Climate impacts are decimating economies and societies – and growing. We know what we need to do – and we have the tools and resources to get it done," Guterres told the conference. The 20-page draft for a hoped-for final agreement "welcomes" the fact that delegates had for the first time begun discussions on the so-called"If we can't agree on loss and damage, then I think this COP will not be a successful COP," said Nabeel Munir, a diplomat from flood-ravaged Pakistan and the lead negotiator for the G77 group of countries.
"No one can deny the scale of loss and damage we see around the globe," he said. "The world is burning and drowning before our eyes."
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