COP27 key outcomes: progress on compensation for developing countries, but more needed on climate justice and equity

Climate activists held demonstrations in front of International Convention Center to protest the negative effects of climate change. Photo by Mohamed Abdel Hamid/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

There were high expectations for COP27, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

COP conferences broadly provide a platform for the negotiation of international climate change agreements. This was to be the first COP held in Africa since 2016. It was also framed as the implementation COP, which would lead to action.