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Other than setting up a fund for loss and damage, COP27 fell short of expectations.

For a few minutes on Saturday evening, it seemed as if the COP27 climate conference was concluding. Phones buzzed with notifications of newly uploaded draft treaty documents. These indicated a consensus on major issues like loss and damage, which had dominated the headlines since the summit’s opening, and had delayed the close by an extra day. Observers and journalists appeared relieved. Some clicked group photos and cheered. The UN climate secretariat even scheduled a YouTube live stream of the closing meeting.
“We’re tired, we just want to end this and go home,” a European negotiator had told me earlier, standing …

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A new partnership between the two investment giants; Dubai Investments Park opens for subscription; and fears of war, once again.
The UAE is looking at its first public listing of the year while Egypt just delivered a big one; OpenAI’s bugging accused has ties to Saudi Arabia; and other updates from the week.