COP27 plenary - Credit: flickr / UN Climate Change ( CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 )
COP27 plenary - Credit: flickr / UN Climate Change ( CC BY-NC-SA 2. Climate experts from across UCL are at the COP27 UN climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh as observers and delegation members, with teams of academics also monitoring and providing expert commentary from London. An agreement on loss and damage must be agreed at COP27. "The very legitimacy of this UN climate system is potentially up for play if an agreement [on loss and damage] isn't reached this year," says Professor Lisa Vanhala (UCL Political Science), commenting on the importance of payments for vulnerable nations. Watch: BBC Newsnight (from 04:31) COP27: three reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc. Writing for The Conversation, Professor Lisa Vanhala (UCL Political Science) explains the three reasons why loss and damage is finally on the COP27 agenda. Read: The Conversation COP27 carbon calculator is developed to cut travel emissions from climate conference.
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