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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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COP27 ends in promise to help poorer countries but rich countries must first help themselves

The 27th United Nations Conference of the Parties - or COP27 for short - was supposed to finish in Egypt on Friday, but the need to secure an acceptable agreement kept delegates for the 190-odd competing nations negotiating deep into the weekend.

From the poorer nations' perspective, climate change is a consequence of behaviour by rich nations, yet the poorer nations must put much more of their wealth into new energy systems and other measures.

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