At COP27 climate talks, slow progress stokes worry over final deal

With a long list of demands for COP27, country delegates say there had been little progress so far on the technical details of how to deliver on deals and pledges made in previous years.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – One week into this year’s UN climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting to flare as negotiators worried about resolving myriad details in time for a deal by the summit’s scheduled close on Friday.

One frustrated senior negotiator, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the slow pace so far meant the second week of talks, being held in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, would be bogged down with too many unresolved agenda items. “We haven’t seen huge solidarity between the developed and developing countries” but instead “disappointing commitments and action this year, which has dented trust.”This year’s talks for the first time include the thorny issue of what is known in COP parlance as “

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