President Joe Biden has apologised for the United States pulling out of the historic Paris climate accord.
Mohamed Adow, director of Power Shift Africa, a think tank, said:"Joe Biden comes to COP27 and makes new promises, but his old promises have not even been fulfilled.
The surprise outcome follows a major $370bn climate bill that was passed by a whisker by Congress in August in the face of fierce Republican opposition. The hot topic"loss and damage" refers to calls from vulnerable nations for reparations for climate impacts that are battering and sinking their land, killing their citizens and destroying their crops.
So far at COP27,"the US and other major economies are essentially allowing this [conversation] to continue, nodding a lot but not actually saying very much", according to Collin Rees, US programme manager at Oil Change international, who has been observing discussions.
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