Good COP, bad COP? Takeaways from the new UN climate deal
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Good COP, bad COP? Takeaways from the new UN climate deal

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Side deals brokered by host country Britain covered issues such as reversing deforestation, boosting electric vehicles, phasing out coal, clamping down on methane emissions and unlocking investor cash for the fight against climate change. Experts and vulnerable countries have long advocated that threshold, but some nations previously held onto the option of aiming for “well below 2 C.” They also agreed to explicitly target coal use and fossil fuel subsidies, though the original proposals were greatly watered down. NO REPARATIONS Wealthy nations such as the United States and European Union members rejected demands to establish a fund to compensate poor countries for the destruction wrought by climate change, which developed countries are significantly responsible for because of their past emissions. While a compromise was found that proponents say could add trillions of dollars to the battle against climate change, some countries and environmental groups fear the deal left significant loopholes which could undermine the integrity of the system by allowing certain emissions cuts to be counted twice.

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