The climate conference, scheduled to end tomorrow, may get extended as negotiators disagree on nearly every issue of significance.
As the COP27 climate conference enters its final stretch, anxiety levels are running high among delegates here at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. There is disagreement among nations on nearly every important issue that was up for negotiation, and some are already calling the conference a failure.
But it may still be too early to call. Ministers and heads of government have returned to the resort city and will hold talks to resolve matters that their negotiators could not. Formal negotiation meetings are being scheduled beyond 8 pm. And, the conference is expected to overrun its scheduled close on Friday (as it …
Nihar Gokhale led the Chaos coverage at The Morning Context. Nihar wrote on the environment, the economy and resource conflicts in India. He has reported from across the country on everything from displacement, pollution and environmental violations to land regulation, corruption and human rights. He was earlier associate editor at Land Conflict Watch, and his work has appeared in Scroll, The Wire, IndiaSpend, The Caravan and Mongabay India.
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