COP27 strikes historic climate change deal as Rishi Sunak says 'more needs to be done'

Officials and negotiators agreed to a deal in the early hours of Sunday to create a fund to compensate poor countries suffering from conditions extreme weather conditions worsened by carbon pollution from rich countries.

Rishi Sunak says more needs to be done to fight climate change (

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said “more needs to be done” to tackle climate change after negotiators secured a last-minute deal at COP27 in Egypt.

Officials and negotiators agreed to a deal in the early hours of Sunday to create a fund to compensate poor countries for extreme weather conditions worsened by carbon pollution from rich countries.

This is a big win for the poorest countries that have long been begging for money because they often suffer from weather-aggravated floods, droughts, heat waves, famines, and storms. although they have contributed little to the pollution that warms the globe.< /p>

Mr. Sunak, who attended the global climate summit earlier this month in Egypt after initially deciding not to attend, said in a brief statement: "I welcome the progress made at COP27, but there is no there is no time for complacency.

"Maintaining the 1.5 degree commitment is vital for the future of our planet.

"We need to do more."

The 'keep 1.5 alive' slogan dominated discussions at last year's Glasgow summit, when COP26 President Alok Sharma and the British delegation led efforts to limit global warming .

On Sunday, Mr Sharma expressed his disappointment with elements of the deal, warning that the 1.5C ambition was "on life support".

Speaking in the summit's closing plenary, he said progress on loss and damage was "historic", but warned that now was not the time for "unreserved rejoicing ".

Mr. Sharma told the conference: "A lot of us came here to save the results we got in Glasgow, and to go even further.

"In our attempts to achieve this, we have had a series of very difficult conversations over the past few days.

"Indeed, those of us who came to Egypt to maintain 1.5 degrees and to live up to what each of us agreed to in Glasgow, have had to fight tirelessly to hold the line.< /p>

"We had to fight hard to build on one of Glasgow's greatest achievements."