COP27 was disappointing, but US-China climate diplomacy is thawing
Great-power rivalry will shape the world’s response to the crisis
“We rose to the occasion,” crowed Egypt’s foreign minister after COP27, the global climate summit that ended on November 20th. Hardly. The delegates failed to make a clear commitment to phase out the use of fossil fuels. The best they could produce was a vague agreement that rich countries should pay poor ones for climate-related “loss and damage”.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Green competition”
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